According to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,当地时间2025年4月28日, at the BRICS foreign ministers' meeting in Rio de Janeiro, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi expounded China's position on adhering to multilateralism and safeguarding multilateral trade rules.
Wang Yi said that multilateralism is the cornerstone of the post-war international order, and solidarity and cooperation are the greatest common divisor of the international community. However, some countries have seriously deviated from their understanding of the world. The United States has vigorously promoted unilateralism and "America First", placing its own interests above the common good of the international community. The existing international system supports the stability and prosperity of the world, but the United States, as the biggest beneficiary of this system, is moving in the opposite direction. People can see that the law of the jungle is openly staged, coercion and bullying no longer need to be disguised, and the development foundation of international relations is continuously threatened.
Wang Yi emphasized that maintaining multilateral trade rules is the most urgent task at present. The essence of trade is complementary advantages and mutual benefit and win-win results, not a calculation of who gains or loses. It must never become a tool to achieve private interests. The United States has long benefited greatly from free trade, but now it is using tariffs as a bargaining chip to demand exorbitant prices from various countries. If we choose to remain silent and compromise, it will only embolden the bully. BRICS countries should jointly oppose all forms of protectionism and firmly uphold the multilateral trading system centered on rules and the World Trade Organization, safeguard its core values and basic principles, and promote the liberalization and facilitation of trade.
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