Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s battle over globalisation

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Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s battle over globalisation

The US president’s rhetoric on trade reads like a declaration of economic warfare

Martin Wolf | The Financial Times | January 24, 2017

Xi Jinping, president of China, made a speech last week on globalisation at the World Economic Forum that one would have expected to come from a US president. At his inauguration, Donald Trump made remarks on trade that one would never have expected to come from a US president. The contrast is astounding. https://www.ft.com/content/74b42cd8-e171-11e6-8405-9e5580d6e5fb?segmentId=0455080f-19ef-900d-0eda-20b7e04e20c4