Macron threatens China with tariffs over trade surplus

"I told them that if they don't react, we Europeans will be forced to take strong measures in the coming months," Macron told business daily Les Echos after returning from a state visit to China.

Such measures could be modelled on steps taken by the United States, he said, "such as tariffs on Chinese products, for example".

The EU's trade deficit with China -- the world's second-largest economy after the Un