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Protectionism dealing blow to trade says Xi Jinping
Johannesburg, July 26: China's President Xi Jinping warned that growing protectionism was damaging trade and that the world had to choose "between cooperation and confrontation" as the threat of a US-led trade war looms.
"Unilateralism and protectionism are mounting, dealing a severe blow to multilateralism and the multilateral trading regime," Xi told the opening of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg.
"We are facing a choice between cooperation and confrontation.
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