The effect seems to be confined to exports of machinery and transport equipment – the kind of high-value products that are often the subject of negotiations between national trade delegations. A typical example is airplanes: European plane maker Airbus is reportedly angling for a big deal linked to President Hu Jintao’s visit to France this week. French president Nicolas Sarkozy had riled China with his own meeting with the Dalai Lama in 2008, which led the Chinese trade delegations to Europe the next year to bypass France.
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