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‘ILL-JUDGED REMARKS’: The Taipei French Office said Paris stresses the importance of peace in the Taiwan Strait, after Emmanuel Macron caused outrage by his remarksBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Emmanuel Macron argued in favour of European strategic autonomy but some critics said he appeared to suggest France could remain neutral in the event of a crisis in Taiwan.
But the EU’s executive declines to comment on controversial remarks the French president made to POLITICO following the meeting.
Commission chief was supposed to travel to Latin America as the EU and the Mercosur bloc enter the last stretch of talks to seal a trade deal.
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