Division between US, China biggest risk confronting world: Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that division between the two superpowers, the US and China, is the main risk currently confronting the world as he emphasised the need for building new coalitions between Paris and partners in the Indo-Pacific.
Macron is visiting the region as France and the EU aim to strengthen their commercial ties in Asia to offset uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's tariff measures.
"I will be clear, France is a friend and an ally of the United States, and is a friend, and we do cooperate — even if sometimes we disagree and compete — with China," said Macron, who was speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's premier defence forum, alongside a two-day state visit to Singapore.
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