China's president Xi Jinping speaks during the opening plenary session of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday. (Jason Alden/Bloomberg)DAVOS, Switzerland - Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a defense of globalization at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday, delivering a strong critique of the protectionist movement endorsed by Western leaders such as President-elect Donald Trump. "No one will emerge as a winner in a trade war," Xi said, to applause from the international audience of corporate leaders, heads of state and other dignitaries. For observers in Washington, Xi's appearance in Davos suggested a claim to the kind of international economic stewardship that Trump has rejected. Xi offered what might have been a criticism of that point of view, though without mentioning Trump by name.

Source: Washington Post January 17, 2017 11:27 UTC