InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate Xi touts China’s huge economy as base of free trade in APEC speech By financialnews_rlv83x - November 19, 2020 0 84 President Xi Jinping pegged China as the pivot point for global free trade Thursday, vowing to keep his “super-sized” economy open and warning against protectionism in a global economy eviscerated by the Covid-19 pandemic.