* Russia’s Putin and China’s Xi speak at economic forum
* Putin complains about Western protectionism
* Xi says hopes solutions to differences can be found
Aggressive US tactics such as a campaign against Chinese telecoms firm Huawei will lead to trade wars – and possibly real wars – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, in a show of solidarity with China alongside its leader Xi Jingping.
In some of his strongest words on the subject, Putin accused Washington of ‘unbridled economic egoism’, singling out US efforts to thwart a Russian gas pipeline to Europe and a US campaign to persuade countries to …read more
Source: Gulf times