China’s leader Xi Jinping started a week of diplomacy in Southeast Asia with a visit to Vietnam, signaling China’s commitment to global trade.

Even as Southeast Asia struggles with access to the US market, the region will be hit hard by a “tsunami of Chinese goods”, predict experts. The programme When Titans Clash quizzes thought leaders on US behaviour,

The message Xi is sending on his tour is loud and clear. China is seeking to capitalize on the Trump administration’s truculence to cast itself as the world’s preferred trading partner.