Xi Jinping warns protectionism 'leads nowhere' as he arrives in Vietnam
The Hindu
Xi Jinping visits Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia to strengthen regional trade ties amid U.S. tariffs, emphasizing cooperation over protectionism.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned that protectionism "leads nowhere" and that a trade war would have "no winners", state media said, as he arrived in Vietnam on Monday (April 14, 2025) on the first leg of a Southeast Asia tour.
Mr. Xi will visit Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia on his first overseas trip of the year as Beijing seeks to tighten regional trade ties and offset the impact of huge tariffs unleashed by his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.
A line of well-wishers stood outside the Vietnamese capital's airport waving Chinese flags as Mr. Xi arrived in Hanoi for the start of a tour that Beijing says "bears major importance" for the broader region.
He said in a statement reported by China's Xinhua news agency soon after his arrival that he looked forward to an "in-depth exchange of views with Vietnamese leaders on issues concerning ties between the two parties and countries that have a global impact".
Mr. Xi earlier urged the two countries to "resolutely safeguard the multilateral trading system, stable global industrial and supply chains, and open and cooperative international environment".
He also reiterated Beijing's line that a "trade war and tariff war will produce no winner, and protectionism will lead nowhere" in an article published on Monday in Vietnam's major state-run Nhan Dan newspaper.
Beijing is trying to present itself as a stable alternative to an erratic Mr. Trump, who announced — and then mostly reversed — sweeping tariffs this month that sent global markets into a tailspin.
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