Xi Seizes Role as Global Defender of Free Trade Against Trump
Xi Seizes Role as Global Defender of Free Trade Against Trump
As Donald Trump threatens to impose tariffs on the entire world, Xi Jinping is once again wasting no time in positioning himself as the premier defender of the international trading system.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/47519985
China's idea of free trade is unilateral: it's them being free to export. They're massively protectionist within China, mainly through non-tariff barriers such as arbitrary regulation.
Can confirm!
I work in an industry that has to sell devices in China, and the hoops our clients have to jump through just to submit for approval are numerous.
Well, we as Americans gave them this public opinion win.
Thank you, general secretary of the *checks notes* Communist Party of China...