Xi’s Nordic Stopover on His Way to U.S. Reveals a Global Trade Shift
- Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Finland this week
- Visit comes amid U.S. retrenchment and Chinese pro-EU signals
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Before his first meeting with Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping will stop over in Helsinki. More than just logistics, the Finnish trip reflects a fundamental shift in commercial and diplomatic ties.
Xi is being greeted with open arms in the euro area’s northernmost territory. Finland’s prosperity, like that of much of the Nordics, depends on a smooth functioning of global trade, with few regions being more hostile to the idea of protectionism.