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FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2019, file photo Chinese Vice Premier Liu He accompanied by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, left, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, greets the media before a minister-level trade meetings at the Office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington. US and China are trying to finalize a modest trade agreement to deescalate a trade war that has rattled financial markets and hobbled global economic growth. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Forever war: US and China struggle to defuse trade conflict

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump meets NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg at Winfield House in London, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. US President Donald Trump will join other NATO heads of state at Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday to mark the NATO Alliance's 70th birthday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Macron wants bigger Europe military role in NATO

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FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2009, file photo, Bernard Roques, a refiner of Societe company, smells a Roquefort cheese as they mature in a cellar in Roquefort, southwestern France. The Trump administration is proposing tariffs on up to $2.4 billion worth of French imports, from Roquefort cheese to handbags, retaliation for France’s tax on American tech giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative says France’s new digital services tax discriminates against U.S. companies and says that the tariffs could reach 100%.(AP Photo/Bob Edme, File)

France to retaliate if US doubles Champagne, cheese prices

By ANGELA CHARLTON and JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

France drops plan to send boats to Libyan navy

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Rain clouds form over Marseille, France, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019. The southern France region is under alert for heavy rain and floods. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Rescuers among 6 dead in storms on French Riviera

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In this Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019 photo provided by French Defense Communication and Audiovisual Department (ECPAD), soldiers stand guard by the coffins of the 13 French soldiers, in Gao, Mali. France will pay Monday a national homage for the 13 French soldiers killed inan helicopter collision while fighting Islamic State group-linked extremists. (Thomas Peudeleux/ECPAD via AP)

France pays homage to 13 soldiers killed in Mali air crash

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In this Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, photo provided by French Defense Communication and Audiovisual Department (ECPAD), French Defense Minister Florence Parly, third right, and French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Francois Lecointre pay their respects to the 13 French soldiers, in Gao, Mali. Parly arrived in northern Mali on Wednesday after a helicopter collision killed 13 French soldiers fighting Islamic State group-linked extremists, while some in the West African country debated France’s military presence. (Veronique Besnard/ECPAD via AP)

France: Military helicopters in Mali crash not under fire

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A shopper is seen during the opening of an Auchan general store, on Black Friday, Nov 29, 2019, in Englos, northern France. Some French lawmakers want to ban Black Friday, the post-Thanksgiving sales event that has morphed into a global phenomenon. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

Black Friday frenzy goes global — and not everyone’s happy

By Angela Charlton and Claire Parker - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, photo provided by French Defense Communication and Audiovisual Department (ECPAD), French Defense Minister Florence Parly, third right, and French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Francois Lecointre pay their respects to the 13 French soldiers, in Gao, Mali. Parly arrived in northern Mali on Wednesday after a helicopter collision killed 13 French soldiers fighting Islamic State group-linked extremists, while some in the West African country debated France’s military presence. (Veronique Besnard/ECPAD via AP)

Islamic State group affiliate claims French crash in Mali

By SYLVIE CORBET and BABA AHMED - Associated Press

A woman lays flowers under portraits of French soldiers, Alex Morisse, left, Romain Salles de Saint Paul, center, and Nicolas Regard at the town hall of Pau, southwestern France, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. Two helicopters collided on a moonless night and killed 13 French soldiers fighting Islamic State group-linked extremists in Mali, France said Tuesday, mourning its highest military death toll in nearly four decades. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

French defense minister visits Mali after 13 soldiers killed

By BABA AHMED and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Farmer drive their tractors on the Paris ring road in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. French farmers are driving tractors into Paris and Lyon to protest stagnant revenues and unfair competition. The placard reads « Save your farmer ». (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

French farmers protest stagnant revenues, unfair competition

By CLAIRE PARKER - Associated Press

In this May 19, 2017, file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron, center left, visits soldiers of Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military operation, in Gao, Northern Mali. Macron said Tuesday Nov. 26, 2019, that a midair collision between two helicopters has killed 13 French soldiers fighting against Islamic extremists in Mali. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

13 French soldiers killed in helicopter collision in Mali

By Baba Ahmed and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

A man walks on a trestle bridge as high water floods Venice, northern Italy, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. The high water reached peak of 135cm (4.42ft) early Sunday. (Andrea Merola/ANSA via AP)

At least 9 dead as heavy rain hits France, Italy, Greece

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Women hold placards as they march against domestic violence, in Paris, Saturday, Nov, 23, 2019. Activists hold a march through Paris to pressure the French government to take bold steps to prevent deadly domestic violence, a problem President Emmanuel Macron calls &quot;France's shame.&quot; France has among the highest rates in Europe of domestic violence, in part because of poor police response to reports of abuse. Placard on the center rends &quot;Sick of rape&quot;. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France pledges millions to stop deadly domestic violence

By CLAIRE PARKER - Associated Press

A man walks on a trestle bridge as high water floods Venice, northern Italy, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. The high water reached peak of 135cm (4.42ft) early Sunday. (Andrea Merola/ANSA via AP)

3 dead, highway collapses as floods pound France, Italy

By FRANCES D’EMILIO and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

In this Oct. 31, 2019 photo, the word &quot;violence&quot; is pasted onto a wall by a group of women in a dark street in Paris. In Paris and cities across France, the signs are everywhere. &quot;Complaints ignored, women killed&quot; and &quot;She leaves him, he kills her,&quot; they read in black block letters pasted over stately municipal buildings. Under cover of night, activists have glued them to the walls to draw attention to domestic violence, a problem French President Emmanuel Macron has called &quot;France's shame.&quot; (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

When domestic violence kills: Mass women’s protest in Paris

By ANGELA CHARLTON and THIBAULT CAMUS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct.19, 2019 file photo, women hold placards with the names of women killed by their partners, during a protest, in Paris. France, a country that has prided itself on gender equality, is beginning to pay serious attention to its yet-intractable problem of domestic violence. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

French women demand action amid high domestic violence rate

By CLAIRE PARKER - Associated Press

France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace, during a meeting with France's mayors, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

France’s Macron defends job losses at blue-collar factory

By SYLVIE CORBET and THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

In this Oct. 31, 2019 photo, the word &quot;violence&quot; is pasted onto a wall by a group of women in a dark street in Paris. In Paris and cities across France, the signs are everywhere. &quot;Complaints ignored, women killed&quot; and &quot;She leaves him, he kills her,&quot; they read in black block letters pasted over stately municipal buildings. Under cover of night, activists have glued them to the walls to draw attention to domestic violence, a problem French President Emmanuel Macron has called &quot;France's shame.&quot; (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

AP PHOTOS: France’s night-time campaign for justice

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This Jan. 4, 2017 photo shows a crowd supporting Cedric Herrou, a French activist farmer accused of helping African migrants to cross the border from Italy, in Nice, southern France. The banner reads &quot;Yes to solidarity and Welcome migrants and refugees&quot;. A French appeals court is expected to hand down a verdict Thursday afternoon in the case of a mountain guide who was convicted for helping migrants enter the country illegally.(AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)

French courts face touchy test: Is helping migrants a crime?

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY and CLAIRE PARKER - Associated Press