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HANGZHOU, China — Chinese President Xi
Jinping called Sunday for leaders of the United
States, Germany and other major economies to
resist pressure to raise trade barriers as they
opened a summit amid sluggish global growth
and disputes over China's steel exports and
Apple's Irish tax bill.
China made trade a theme of the Group of 20
meeting even as Beijing faces complaints it is
flooding world markets with low-cost steel,
fueling demands for trade curbs. The president
of the European Commission highlighted the
conflict by calling for the summit to take action.
Opening the two-day meeting in this lakeside city
southwest of Shanghai, Xi called for more
innovation to spur economic growth and reforms
to global financial and economic management.
He appealed for cooperation in taxes, anti-
corruption and measures to "improve the ability
of the world economy to resist risks."