XIAMEN, China, Sept. 5 -- In the face of global uncertainties and anti-globalization sentiment, representatives at the BRICS summit on Wednesday called for concerted efforts by developing countries to promote a freer global market and a fairer economic order.
"One of the main tasks for BRICS cooperation is to eliminate barriers in trading and investment and make our economy more open," Sergey Katyrin, president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia, told Xinhua on the sidelines of the three-day summit held in southeast China's coastal city of Xiamen.
His remarks are in line with the BRICS spirit of openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation reaffirmed in the BRICS Leaders Xiamen Declaration issued following the meetings of the five major emerging markets on Monday.
"We emphasize the importance of an open and inclusive world economy enabling all countries and peoples to share in the benefits of globalization," the declaration said, noting that the five countries -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- will "continue to firmly oppose protectionism."
It also urged the world to guard against "inward-looking policies" and tendencies affecting global growth prospects and market confidence.
Chairman of South Africa BRICS Business Council, Iqbal Surve, believed that protectionism emerged mainly in the developed world "does not make any sense" as globalization is an irresistible and irreversible trend of the times.
"The world has been integrated with technologies, languages and global standards. Going back to protectionism is immature and selfish," Surve said.
Considering the setback against integration, he said the BRICS should be better used to promote opening up and development in countries.
Global efforts towards a freer market have been undermined by the "America First" strategy prompted by U.S. President Donald Trump, who has demanded renegotiations of the 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico, aiming to reverse huge trade deficits and curb the outflow of manufacturing jobs.
Mexico, with its export sector heavily relying on the United States, is concerned about Trump's "Buy American, Hire America" policies.
"Any attempts to close itself and build artificial barriers will lead nowhere," former Mexican Ambassador to China Sergio Ley-Lopez said, calling on BRICS and other developing countries to work hand-in-hand to combat anti-globalization tendencies.
China has invited leaders of Mexico, Egypt, Guinea, Tajikistan and Thailand to join the dialogue on South-South cooperation and global development, a pragmatic move to build up the China-proposed "BRICS Plus" model for a broader partnership with emerging markets and developing countries.
For Atul Dalakoti, executive director of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, BRICS, as an important platform for cooperation, should take concrete actions to help the world realize that globalization is the only way forward, especially for developing countries.
Highlighting Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech on opening up and cooperation, Standard Bank economist Jeremy Stevens, who attended the BRICS Business Forum on Sunday, said Xi's remarks reminded the whole world of the vital significance of openness and inclusiveness to growth when protectionist measures emerge.
The just-concluded BRICS Xiamen summit is widely deemed as setting a brighter future course for the bloc and the whole world as well.
As the BRICS now contributes more than half to global growth, BRICS New Development Bank President K.V. Kamath believed the bloc will play a more significant and decisive role in facilitating free trade and pushing forward globalization.
"I have confidence that BRICS will drive the agenda of free trade in the future," Kamath said. "If the BRICS leadership believes free trade is the right way, that is how our way will be."
国内英语资讯:Chinese vice premier hails long-lasting China-S.Africa friendship
外研版高中英语必修四 Module 5(1)
外研版高中英语必修五 MODULE1
外研版高中英语必修四 Module 1 Life in the Future
国内英语资讯:Xi stresses financial security
To smile
If I was a canoe
once
外研版高中英语必修五 Module3 Adventure in Literature and the Cinema
毛毛虫能吃塑料袋 或成解决塑料污染关键
童真,真是世界上最美的风景
闪亮的星星 Shining Stars
国际英语资讯:Security of Libyan waters an EU priority: Mogherini
骑自行车能降低癌症风险,共享单车要笑醒了
人有19种微笑,但只有6种是开心的
feelings
Sincere friendship
英女王请专人“驯服”新鞋 看看你能否拿下这份工作
史上最拉风儿童车 废旧零件再现“疯狂的麦克斯”(组图)
外研版高中英语必修四 Module 4(1)
Once naive myself
英国调查:父母迷恋手机破坏家庭生活
A friend
Pull a fast one 欺骗,行骗
国内英语资讯:China to further cut red tape for better business environment
Compress,contract 与 condense 的区别
国内英语资讯:China to spur market vitality via integration of certificates
外研版高中英语必修五 Module2 A Job Worth Doing
国际英语资讯:U.S. Treasury secretary says to cut corporate tax rate to 15 percent
英国七大社会阶层:你是“入不敷出族”还是“高薪族”?
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |