Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off a five-day, three-nation Southeast Asia tour on Monday (Apr 14), as Beijing seeks to tighten regional trade ties and offset the impact of huge tariffs unleashed by his United States counterpart Donald Trump. C Raja Mohan, visiting research professor at the National University of Singapore’s Institute of South Asian Studies, tells CNA’s Asia First that ASEAN countries have to tread carefully as they navigate through the trade war between China and the US.

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