Root Cause: Chinese Head and Trade Conflicts

root cause: The theme of this year's forum is Responsive and Responsible Leadership, according to Global Times China. Amid the emergence of anti-globalization and protectionism, China attaches more significance to responsibility than leadership in global economic governance. The difference is, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the meeting and delivered a keynote speech this time - the first such appearance by a Chinese head of state in history. The world is now standing at a crossroads. The root cause of the global economic slowdown is backward structural reforms. Support for trade liberalism is diminishing while trade conflicts are becoming increasingly common. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.