China, Spain call for closer ties amid ‘crumbling’ world order

BEIJING: Europe and China must forge closer ties to counter threats to multilateralism, Spanish Premier Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday after meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping, who said the international order is “crumbling”. Sanchez’s April 11 to 15 visit to China comes as many Western governments are seeking warmer ties with Beijing despite lingering security and trade tensions, with discomfort growing over the policies of US President Donald Trump. He is the latest of a string of leaders fro...