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Hayward: China’s Xi Says ‘Economic Globalism’ Is ‘Irreversible Historical Trend’

Speaking at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam on Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping embraced “economic globalism,” calling it an “irreversible historical trend” and saying it has “contributed significantly to global growth.” Meanwhile. President Donald Trump denounced unfair trade practices and vowed the United States will not be “taken advantage of anymore.”

China's President Xi Jinping (C) arrives to speak on the final day of the APEC CEO Summit,

Trump to U.N.: America ‘Among the Greatest Forces for Good in the History of the World’

The concluding passages of President Donald Trump’s address to the U.N. General Assembly sought to define and defend patriotism – not only for Americans, although naturally his focus was on the patriotic history of his own country. Trump called for a revival of patriotic spirit around the world, in the process delivering a backhanded slap to globalism without calling it out by name.

Donald Trump at UN (Mary Altaffer / Associated Press)

Top 7 Worst Reasons to Keep the Paris Climate Accord

Defenders of the Paris climate agreement are scrambling to come up with reasons why President Trump should not pull the United States out. Many of them are contradictory, some are downright offensive, and none have anything to do with science.

People with umbrellas walk on the human rights plaza in front of the Eiffel tower during a