Talks aim to get trade with France 'back on track'

China and France vowed on Monday to revive growth in bilateral trade, which contracted last year for the first time since 2009.

Bilateral trade fell 2 percent in 2013 to 55.3 billion euros ($76 billion), according to France's Ministry of Foreign Trade.

"We need to push for growth in bilateral trade and rebalance our trade relations," said Nicole Bricq, the French trade minister.