Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made clear criticism of the recent policies adopted by the administration of US President Donald Trump in his first public statement since the announcement of the interim trade agreement between the United States and China.
Speak in the summit meeting between The Latin American community, the Caribbean Sea region (Cerac) and ChinaIn Beijing, the eleventh said that “intimidation and attack only leads to a self -signal,” an indirect indication of Trump’s commercial policy with an increase in the import tariff that is applied to almost all countries.
S. President Louise Insio Lula da Silva He was present at the same meeting, as well as indirect criticism of this issue.
If not He admitted the imbalance in world trade, but he said that the imposition of “arbitrary tariff” increases the exacerbation of the situation only.
However, Xi Jinping did not indicate an agreement with the United States, which provides for reducing the customs tariff between the two countries for 90 days.
According to the agreement, both sides are committed to reducing tariffs by 115 percentage points.
As a result, the US tariff on Chinese products will decrease to 30 % and the taxes imposed by Beijing for American goods will be 10 %.
Xi reaffirmed the commercial and strategic partnership between China and Latin America.
“In the face of the increasing wave of unilateral and fever, China is ready to collect its hands with its Latin American partners and the Caribbean Sea region”
Xi Jinping, President of China
Trade between China and Latin America exceeded $ 500 billion for the first time last year, according to Xi.
The Asian giant is also the largest commercial partner in Brazil and most members of Cerac.
Finally, the Chinese leader said that the country will expel the need for visas to five Latin American countries, but did not separate the countries that will benefit from this measure.
