Protectionism

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang seen on a big screen live broadcasting his speech at the opening of the China Development Forum China’s Premier Li Qiang said on Sunday the country would further open its economy and expand imports, while criticising rising protectionism and unilateral policies by some countries, state media…

As protectionism and global instability intensify, China is charting a different course --building a community with a shared future for humanity. Why did this vision come from China? And how has President Xi Jinping advanced it as a long-term endeavor? Xinhua's Miao Xiaojuan speaks with leading scholars and thinkers across…

Beijing has urged global commitment to opening up, while pledging to create more blue ocean markets in a world engulfed by protectionism. Delivering the opening address to the China Development Forum on Sunday, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said, “protectionism is by no means a panacea for solving problems”, instead calling…

Thomas Piketty believes that restricting trade to protect domestic industries usually makes a country poorer overall. French economist Thomas Piketty (X) Free trade agreements have become the talk of the town, thanks to India announcing two of the biggest such deals with the European Union and the United States. While…

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The European Union will on Saturday sign a deal 25 years in the making with the South American trade bloc Mercosur, creating one of the world's largest free trade areas at a time of growing protectionism and volatility. The long-awaited agreement comes amid the sweeping use of tariffs and trade…

Friedrich Merz, Germany's chancellor, during a joint press statement with Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, not pictured, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: Bloomberg German Chancellor Friedrich Merz floated the possibility that the European Union and India could sign a free ‍trade agreement as…

Balloons are released into the sky over Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025.  (Xinhua/Yan Linyun) Amid rising protectionism and geopolitical uncertainty, China in 2025 has reached out extensively to promote world peace and stability, boost common development through greater opening-up, and engage more actively in global…