XI Jinping. Credit Line: Li Xueren / Xinhua News / Profimedia
Chinese President XI Jinping asked on Wednesday “strengthening strategic ties with neighboring countries”, in his first public appearance since US President Donald Trump has increased rates for China to 104%, informs EFE, quoted by Agerpres.
XI, who did not call Trump, urged his officials during a working meeting to improve relationships with neighboring countries “by properly managing the differences” in order to “strengthen the connections in the supply chains,” the official news agency Xinhua informed.
At the meeting, Xi stressed that China's relationships with its neighbors are “at the best level of modern history”, but that, at the same time, Beijing enters “at a deeply braided crucial stage with changing dynamics and global developments.”
The Chinese leader also argued that Chinese diplomacy with its neighbors will rely on the construction of a “community of the common future”, one of the repeated slogans of the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party who claims that “prosperity is sustainable only through the common work of nations.”
“We must build a high -level interconnection network and strengthen cooperation in industrial and supply chains,” adds the text of the meeting, as well as “to maintain regional stability and cooperate in the field of security and law enforcement.”
The Chinese leader has not mentioned the United States at any time, and Beijing has stressed that he will not give in to Trump's tariffs.
The “mutual” customs duties applied by the US on imports from dozens of countries entered into force on Wednesday, including the huge 104% rates for Chinese products, the US president leading to another global commercial war, even though he was preparing for negotiations with some countries.
Also on Wednesday, China responded with 84% customs duties for American products.
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