President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, has called on Vietnam to oppose “unilateral bullying” from the United States after the country was hit by 46% tariffs by the US President Donald Trump’s Liberation Day announcement.
Recall that Vietnam was facing US tariffs of up to 46% before the Trump administration issued a 90-day pause a few days ago.
This comes as Xi is on a so-called “charm offensive” trip across South East Asia, which will also see him visit Cambodia and Malaysia.
However, according to state media outlet Xinhua, Xi told Vietnam’s Communist Party Secretary-General To Lam to “jointly oppose unilateral bullying”.
“We must strengthen strategic resolve… and uphold the stability of the global free trade system as well as industrial and supply chains,” he added.
Meanwhile, Trump called Xi’s meeting with Vietnamese leaders a ploy to figure out how to screw the US.
“I don’t blame China; I don’t blame Vietnam,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
“Meeting like, trying to figure out, ‘how do we screw the United States of America?’
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