China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin hit back at US global economic dominance yesterday as they took the stage together at Russia’s showcase business forum.
With China embroiled in a trade war with Washington and Russia under Western sanctions, Xi and Putin lashed out at “inequalities” in the global economic system and vowed to pursue closer ties between their countries.
Putin, speaking in front of political and business leaders at the annual Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, accused Washington of seeking to “extend its jurisdiction to the whole world”. Denouncing the “rhetoric of trade wars and sanctions”, Putin called for rethinking …read more
Source: Gulf times
