France, China sign 15 commercial deals, including with Airbus, EDF

France signed 15 business contracts with China worth billions of euros on Monday, including a multi-plane order with Airbus and a 1 billion euro contract for EDF to build an offshore wind farm in China, the French presidency said.

France's Fives and China National Building Materials Group signed a 1 billion euro deal to cooperate on energy savings in developing countries. CMA-CGM and China State Shipbulding Corporation sign 1.2 billion euro deal to build 10 containers.

The two sides also agreed to lift an embargo of French poultry exports. (Reporting by John Irish and Marine Pennetier; editing by Michel Rose)