China's Xi calls for safeguarding multilateral trading system at APEC

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called for safeguarding the multilateral trading system at a regional economic summit in South Korea, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, taking an apparent swipe at U.S. President Donald Trump's protectionist "America First" agenda.In his speech to the two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit that opened in Gyeongju, Xi said, "We must practice true multilateralism, and enhance the authority and effectiveness of the multilateral trading system with the WTO at its core," referring to the World Trade Organization.The Chinese leader also stre…READ FULL ARTICLE