Philippe Le Corre is senior fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis and a visiting professor at ESSEC Business School in Paris.
Beijing's and Brussels' need for each other creates an opening

French President Emmanuel Macron, seen here with Xi Jinping in Beijing in 2019, believes he can convince the Chinese leader to go a step further than he has so far been willing to go. © Reuters
Philippe Le Corre is senior fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis and a visiting professor at ESSEC Business School in Paris.