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SHANGHAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) – International commerce boundaries have to be removed, and international locations ought to uphold primary multilateral commerce ideas whereas standing agency in opposition to protectionism and unilateralism, Chinese language President Xi Jinping mentioned in a speech on Tuesday.
Talking on the opening of the Nov. 5-10 China Worldwide Import Expo, or CIIE, an annual import present in Shanghai, Xi mentioned extra efforts had been wanted to spice up worldwide cooperation and take away boundaries to innovation.
“There isn’t any single nation that may resolve by itself the difficulties going through the event of the world’s financial system,” Xi mentioned.
Xi reiterated earlier pledges to open China’s financial system additional to the surface world and strengthen the nation’s protections of mental property.
China launched the import expo final 12 months because the China-U.S. commerce battle was heating up. Xi on Monday night time known as CIIE “a significant initiative within the historical past of worldwide commerce…