Macron in Indonesia to deepen trade, defence ties

French President Emmanuel Macron met his Indonesian counterpart on Wednesday, seeking to deepen trade and defence ties with Southeast Asia's largest economy on the second leg of a three-country tour promoting France as a balancing power between the US and China. - 'Power for peace' - In Vietnam Tuesday, Macron presented France as a "power of peace and balance", committed to an international order "based on law".