Multilateralism protects global trade

CIIE boosts China's strategic arsenal comprising opening-up policy and BRI

As global trade threatens to degenerate into a mines-laced economic battlefield, the dark forces of unilateralism and protectionism find themselves arrayed against the righteous whose weapons are multilateralism, a strong sense of justice and fair play, a functional moral compass and a commitment to protecting growth, no matter what, said institutional officials and business leaders.

China has been unrelenting in its efforts to optimize its industrial structure, launch new trade boosters like the China International Import Expo (which begins in Shanghai on Monday), and bring about tangible transcontinental development through the Belt and Road Initiative. These moves will inject more growth momentum into the troubled global economy, they said.