Chinese business runners ready for more China-France cooperation

Wang Ning, the founder of the famous toy company Pop Mart, said that they are willing to see and have been ready for more cooperation between China and France in the future after the sixth meeting of the China-France Business Council in Paris.

Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping attended and addressed the closing ceremony of the sixth meeting of the China-France Business Council in Paris on Monday, calling for joint efforts to usher in a new era of China-France cooperation.

Looking to the future, China will work with France to enrich the economic and trade dimensions of the China-France comprehensive strategic partnership, Xi said, adding that China always views France as a priority and trustworthy partner of cooperation.

China is committed to expanding business relations with France in both width and depth by opening up new areas, creating new models and fostering new growth points, Xi said at the event.

"We can see from President Xi's speech that we are actively exploring more possibilities in opening up, exchanges, and cultural communication. We are very honored to be a part of this meeting, and we also hope to actively participate in China-France cooperation," said Wang Ning, founder of the POP MART International Group, a fast-growing Beijing-based designer toy company, after attending the meeting.

Chinese business runners ready for more China-France cooperation

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday raised the possibility of new tariffs on Canada over hazardous wildfire smoke and on Mexico over concerns about "problematic lettuce".

Massive wildfires have been burning across Canada this summer, and wildfire smoke from Ontario has recently drifted southward across the border, degrading air quality across multiple regions of the United States.

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump threatened "a big tariff on Canada" because of the smoke.

In a separate development, U.S. health authorities are investigating a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to fresh produce. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that it had documented over 4,000 lab-confirmed cyclosporiasis cases since May, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suspected that the outbreak might be related to imported lettuce from Mexico.

When asked whether lettuce would be safe to eat again as it is a possible source of the recent outbreak, Trump responded that "I think what we're going to do is put a major tariff on Mexico because of the lettuce."

Mexico's Health Minister David Kershenobich has said that there is no evidence to indicate that lettuce sourced in Mexico caused the outbreak of cyclosporiasis in the United States.

Trump threatens tariffs on Canada over wildfire smoke, Mexico over lettuce