It looked like an easy win for Xi Jinping in the superpower battle for global influence.
The Chinese leader played host to three Latin American presidents and a gaggle of foreign ministers at a regional summit in Beijing last week. Trade between China and Latin America exceeded $500bn last year, Xi noted in his speech, a 40-fold increase in 25 years.
Then he took a swipe at US President Donald Trump: “There are no winners in tariff wars or trade wars. Bullying or hegemonism only leads to self-isolation.”
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