Xi Jinping has appealed to Vietnam to join China in upholding multilateral trade, as he begins a high-stakes diplomatic tour of the region’s major export-reliant economies in a bid to position his country as a stable partner in contrast to the United States.

No exceptions.” Kelly’s eagerness to diversify her supply chains is one way attendees at China’s largest and oldest trade show — known as the Canton Fair — are adapting to a new reality for global commerce after US President Donald Trump raised levies on most Chinese goods to as much as 145 per cent this month.