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France, 皇冠体育app seek closer economic ties

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Updated: 2010-06-16 21:12
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France, 皇冠体育app seek closer economic ties

皇冠体育app's ambassador to France, Kong Quan speaks during an annual seminar held in Paris, June 16, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

PARIS - French and Chinese officials met in Paris Wednesday to promote strong economic ties, as 皇冠体育app looks to Europe for help in shifting its economic focus away from exports and toward consumer spending.

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Speaking at the first of what is promised to be an annual seminar, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said France would seek to expand the areas of cooperation with 皇冠体育app beyond the "strategic" sectors of aerospace and railway infrastructure to encompass pharmaceuticals, agriculture and financial services as well.

"Napoleon said it first, 'When 皇冠体育app wakes up the world will tremble,"' Lagarde said, "And we are happy to see it."

Lagarde promised the assembled Chinese executives and officials, including 皇冠体育app's ambassador to France, Kong Quan, that Europe would keep its pledge to set up a mechanism of Europe-wide economic governance.

France, 皇冠体育app seek closer economic ties

Former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin (2nd L) speaks during the first annual "Europe-皇冠体育app Forum" held in Paris, June 16, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said that 皇冠体育app is destined to become the world's leading economic power, and that there is no reason to question Chinese authorities strategy of proceeding with a very gradual appreciation of 皇冠体育app's currency, the renminbi.

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