Xi Slams Sanctions for ‘Weaponizing’ World Economy at BRICS Open
- Chinese president delivers speech to BRICS Business Forum
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Chinese President Xi Jinping criticized sanctions for stoking global economic pain in a speech kicking off this year’s BRICS summit, as he seeks to bolster relations with emerging markets in the wake of strained Western ties.
Without explicitly naming the US, Xi said that the international community is worried that the global economy will split into mutually exclusive zones, and called for the world to fight against the hegemony of any one country.