China’s Xi urges global CEOs to protect trade supply chains; WH Smith sells high street stores – business live

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08.30 CET Introduction: China's Xi urges global CEOs to protect trade as Trump tariffs loom Good morning and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. Anxiety over Donald Trump’s plan to announce a barrage of tariffs on trading partners next week is gripping the global economy, and the markets. China’s president Xi Jinping has gathered a group of top chief executives in Beijing today, where he urged them to protect industrial and supply chains, as the trade war with the US deepens. The gathering includes AstraZeneca’s boss Pascal Soriot, Bill Winters of Standard...