China President Xi Jinping arrived in Vietnam on Monday, the first stop in a three-nation tour of Southeast Asia meant to tighten Beijing’s relationship with regional partners in the face of massive U.S. tariffs.
The trip, which covers Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia, is Xi’s first overseas trip of the year, and comes amid the backdrop of extreme global economic uncertainty as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs roil markets and threaten to rewire the global supply chain.
