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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Phillip Inman

China needs friends in Trump’s trade war. But Xi may have to go it alone

Aerial view of impressive skyscrapers on land at a bend in a river
Finance and riverborne trade in Shanghai. Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, says he is prepared to dance if it means sidestepping some of the worst of Donald Trump’s trade tariffs. Last week he sent a letter to India’s president, Droupadi Murmu, urging her to join him in a tango to celebrate 75 years of ­bilateral trade.

Xi said it was “the right choice” for the two countries to be “partners of mutual achievement and realise the ‘Dragon-Elephant Tango’”, which, he added, “fully serves the fundamental interests of both countries and their peoples.”

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