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When free trade ain’t free: Xi Jinping plays pretend with our enthusiastic prime minister

When free trade ain’t free: Xi Jinping plays pretend with our enthusiastic prime minister

by Michael Shoebridge | Nov 26, 2024 | China, Indo Pacific, Policy

Back in 2017, early into Donald Trump’s first term as US President, China’s Communist Party leader Xi Jinping turned up to the Davos world economic forum and told the assembled corporate heavyweights and global leaders that China embraced globalisation and was...

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