China’s Xi says tariffs ‘hurt’ multilateral trade

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday tariffs “hurt” the multilateral trading system as he hosted his Azerbaijani counterpart for talks in Beijing, state media said.

Tariff and trade wars “undermine the legitimate rights and interests of all countries, hurt the multilateral trading system, and impact the world economic order”, he told Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, state news agency Xinhua reported.