
But the opponent never was suggesting to go with extremes. By trying to argue that – if opponent’s views would be amplified to the far extremes, then things just wouldn’t be able to function properly and society would collapse. This is one of the most common Strawman arguments radical idealogical groups nowaday use to make debate opponent look bad. “If free trade is bad, why not restrict trade at all levels” If this rally attempt fails, a quick, deep plunge is likely. Xi’s speech may be meaningless chatter, but futures are up significantly once again.

Most of the measures he mentioned had been previously announced and the Chinese president offered no new details about when or how they would be implemented, increasing the chances that the world’s two largest economies could be embroiled in a trade war as soon as June. The Financial Times does not think much of the speech. This is Trump giving him a huge opportunity to look like a powerful, sensible world leader vs Trump’s petty, reactionary, deluded blowhard Xi Jinping taking high road / talking up benefits of more open trade is not result of Trump #winning or forcing him into a corner. Xi said, though he didn’t provide a clearer timetable for those or the other measures announced. “We have every intention to translate the measures into reality sooner rather than later, Mr. He also pointed to Beijing’s announcement late last year that it would raise foreign-equity caps in the banking, securities and insurance industries, and promised those measures would be implemented.

President Xi said China would increase imports, improve the protection of intellectual property and provide a more transparent, rule-based environment for foreign investment. “Putting oneself on a pedestal or trying to immunize oneself from adverse developments will get nowhere,” he said.

Xi told the Boao Forum, a government-backed gathering of business and political leaders on the tropical island of Hainan. “In a world aspiring for peace and development, the Cold War and zero-sum mentality look even more out of place.” Mr. His remarks seemed designed to offer some policy initiatives, if not concessions, while drawing a contrast with President Trump’s “America First” agenda and portraying China as a steady global partner committed to the international trade order. Xi never mentioned the trade friction with the U.S. Xi said Tuesday that plans are under way to accelerate access to the insurance sector, expand the permitted business scope for foreign financial institutions and reduce tariffs on imported automobiles and ownership limits for foreign car companies. In a speech that officials had billed as a major address, Mr.

In stark contrast to Trump’s bullying remarks, China’s Xi Promises to Ease Foreign Access.
