China’s Xi Jinping urges countries to ‘stand united’ in face of global trade war
The Chinese leader’s call for unity was heard by representatives of more than 30 Latin American and Caribbean nations in Beijing
President Xi Jinping has called for countries to stand together to promote global peace and stability, stressing in a veiled reference to the US that “there were no winners in tariff wars”.
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China’s Xi Jinping urges countries to ‘stand united’ in face of global trade war
Xi was speaking at the opening of the fourth ministerial meeting of the China-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) forum in Beijing on Tuesday.
“The world is undergoing a century of rapid change, with multiple risks compounding one another. Only through solidarity and cooperation can countries maintain world peace and stability,” he said.
Xi told the gathering that China and countries from Latin America and the Caribbean were important members of the Global South, adding that development was their inherent right and that fairness and justice were their shared pursuits.
China was willing to work with countries in the face of rising geopolitical tensions and bloc confrontations and the “surging undercurrents of unilateralism and protectionism”, he said.