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WORLD NEWS Monday 4 SepteMber 2017

Xi says BRICS nations should stand up against protectionism

XIAMEN, China (AP) — Chi- with other members of the
nese President Xi Jinping international community to
on Sunday called for the find solutions, he said.
world to reject protection- China has long been ac-
ism even as American and cused of putting up unfair
European pressure mounts barriers to foreign com-
on Beijing to lower market panies. However, Xi has
barriers, speaking at the become a leader who
start of a Chinese-led sum- speaks out in favor of glo-
mit of five large emerging balization at a time when
economies now overshad- protectionist sentiments
owed by North Korea’s are on the rise in Western
sixth nuclear test. Lament- countries. In January, Xi
ing that “protectionism became the first Chinese
and an inward-looking president to attend the
mentality are on the rise,” World Economic Forum in
Xi said that “only openness Davos, Switzerland, where
delivers progress and only he cast his country as a
inclusiveness sustains such champion of free trade in
progress.” Xi was speaking contrast to the protection-
to business representatives ist rhetoric of U.S. President
of the BRICS nations — Bra- Donald Trump. Yet, foreign
zil, Russia, India, China and companies complain Bei- Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the BRICS Business Forum
at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center in Xiamen in southeastern China’s
South Africa — a day be- jing is reducing access to Fujian Province, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017.
fore he opens a summit its markets for electric cars, (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
with the leaders of these computer security technol-
major emerging markets ogy and other promising been on buying sprees plaints it is exporting steel, low prices, threatening
in the southeastern Chi- fields, at the same time as abroad. Beijing also faces aluminum, solar panels and thousands of jobs in other
nese city of Xiamen. This Chinese companies have U.S. and European com- other goods at improperly countries.q
will be the ninth summit of
the BRICS grouping, which Kenya opposition leader refuses to share power
came together about a
decade ago to push for
an alternative world order By TOM ODULA elected members of coun- found the electoral com- Chief Justice David Mag-
that wasn’t dominated by Associated Press ty assemblies from his Jubi- mission had performed ir- ara and the judiciary are
Western nations. Xi said the NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — lee Party on Saturday. regularities and illegalities “crooks” and alleged they
BRICS nations had led the Kenya’s opposition leader Odinga, 72, was named in adding up the presiden- are on the payroll of do-
way in increasing the say Raila Odinga said Sunday Prime Minister and Kenyat- tial vote. nors. Kenyatta said he will
of emerging economies he will not share power, ta his deputy in a coalition Odinga said the electoral fix the judiciary once he
and developing countries. speaking days after the government in 2008 Febru- commission as currently wins the coming elections
“The law of the jungle Supreme Court’s decision ary following the disputed constituted should not be because it ruled against
where the strong prey on to annul President Uhuru presidential election of permitted to conduct the him.
the weak and the zero-sum Kenyatta’s re-election and Dec 27, 2007. fresh election saying it was The move to nullify Kenya’s
game are rejected,” he order a fresh presidential More than 1,000 people complicit in electoral fraud. election was unprecedent-
told the audience, which election in 60 days. died and 600,000 were Kenyatta, ed on the African conti-
included Brazilian President Odinga, speaking at a evicted from their homes in however, has said the elec- nent. It gave new hope to
Michel Temer and South church service in Nairobi post-election violence that toral commission should opposition leader Odinga,
African President Jacob Sunday, erupted from that election. not be interfered with and who had alleged the elec-
Zuma. “We should not ig- said his party cannot ac- The Supreme Court nullified warned the court against tronic results of the Aug. 8
nore problems arising from cept to share power with Kenyatta’s win announced taking action on the In- balloting were manipulat-
economic globalization or “thieves.” by the electoral commis- dependent Electoral and ed.
just complain about them,” President Uhuru Kenyatta sion on Aug 11. The court Boundaries Commission. He had lost by about 1.4
he said. Rather, BRICS na- similarly ruled out sharing voted 4-2 to nullify Kenyat- Since the Supreme Court million votes out of roughly
tions should work together power when addressing ta’s election saying they ruling Kenyatta has said 15 million ballots cast.q