paul: gina martin adams there, and cooper joining us.e will stay with china, because we have president xi jinping in europe, there for the first time in five years. we will get the latest on his goals in the region next. this is bloomberg. ♪ paul: chinese president xi jinping has arrived in france on a three nation trip through europe designed to bolster ties even as trade tensions mount. rebecca wilkins joins us for more. what does a successful trip look like for xi jinping? >> for china, the main priority is to figure out a way to put more space between eu policy and u.s. policy. we have seen the eu moving and lockstep with the u.s. when it comes to expanding this litany of investigations and probes into state 70's -- state subsidies. it has spread to a range of other cleantech industries and is a major sticking point from beijing's point of view, because of course, part of their plan for economic recovery is the so-called new three growth drivers, which include solar panels send electric vehicles, so it is a major issue for beijing an