
China is calling on Western countries to work to support multilateralism and open cooperation, President Xi Jinping told Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez as Beijing attempts to get allies on side for its escalating tariff fight with the United States.
"The two sides should promote the building of a fair and reasonable global governance system, maintain world peace and security and promote common development and prosperity," Xi told Sánchez, who is on a two-country tour of Asia, in Beijing.