Belt and Road Summit: Beijing’s Push on Trade

Posted: May 2nd, 2017

Forgive free-trade advocates for being a bit disoriented this year. The vertigo hit hard in January, when trade’s most notable defender at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, was not from the West but from the East.

“Say no to protectionism,” Chinese President Xi Jinping urged in his remarks at the meeting.

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Belt and Road Summit: Beijing’s Push on Trade

By Jonathan Hillman