declaration denouncing customs duties isolation and protectionism and promoting an open world economy. we must work together at the united nations the g twenty and the world trade organization to safeguard the rule based multilateral trading regime promote trade and investment globalization and facilitation and reject protectionism outright. this statement from china's head of state was met with a loss of approval but at the same time china itself has been accused of closing off its market to foreign goods it's known for copying products promoting its exports and giving preference to domestic companies when awarding contracts. on wednesday and thursday brian as stuff went on strike in several european countries to coincide with the summer holidays the airline has been forced to cancel around six hundred flights affecting tens of thousands of passengers ryan i