Airbus, Areva sign agreements in China as Macron visits Beijing

BEIJING (Reuters) - Airbus on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with China's state planner on expanding cooperation in the aeronautical industry in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, as part of French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to China.

Areva signed a global strategic cooperation agreement with China National Nuclear Corp. The two also signed a memorandum of understanding on a nuclear waste reprocessing plant.

(Reporting by Michel Rose; Additional reporting by Tom Daley; Writing by Ryan Woo; Editing by Louise Heavens)