HANOI — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in communist comrade Vietnam on Monday and called for defending a multilateral trade system that is being rocked by U.S. President Donald Trump.
“Trade wars and tariff wars have no winners, and protectionism has no way out,” Xi wrote in an article posted on the Nhan Dan, the official newspaper of the Vietnamese Communist Party, ahead of his visit. “We must firmly defend the multilateral trading system, firmly maintain the stability of global production and supply chains, and firmly maintain an open and cooperative international environment.”
