From Monday through Friday ( Apr 14 to 18 ), Chinese President Xi Jinping will make state visits to Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia, according to the Chinese foreign ministry.
To Lam, the common director of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, and Luong Cuong, Vietnam’s leader, invite Xi to visit Vietnam on April 14 and 15.
According to a statement from the Chinese foreign government, he may then travel to Malaysia and Cambodia on April 15 and 18, according to a report from the official Xinhua news agency.  ,
His three-country trip of Southeast Asia comes as the world’s trade conflict with the United States worsens, and he pledges to “appropriately” manage differences and improve supply chain ties with neighbors. He made this pledge this week to strengthen corporate ties with neighboring countries.
China announced on Friday ( Apr 11 ) that it would increase tariffs on US goods to 125 per cent effective on Saturday.  ,
Its response to Washington  included a rise in levies on some Chinese imports to 145 percent, an increase from 104 percent, as well as announcing a 90-day delay on “reciprocal” tariffs on nearly all of the world’s largest trading partners.
The US had imposed reciprocal tariffs of 49 % on Cambodia, 46 % on Vietnam, and 24 % on Malaysia.
Analysts claim that Xi’s journey is intended to strengthen local ties while also strengthening Beijing’s status as a reliable monetary partner.  ,
After the 10-member bloc’s economic ministers met on April 10th, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) declared it would not implement retaliatory measures in response to US tariffs.  ,
According to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, whose state is chairing ASEAN this year, US President Donald Trump’s “hardened approach” against China in the price war poses” a problem” for Asian nations as it will have an impact on their economies.
ASEAN people need to maintain strong and formidable relationships with their neighbors, including China, while maintaining solid diplomatic and economic ties with the US, he said.
He acknowledged that maintaining this balance and ASEAN’s importance, especially with Xi’s future visit, would be a “major problem.”