As Xi Jinping prepares for a thorny trade relationship with President-elect Donald Trump, he is cultivating a rapport with someone he calls a like-minded good friend, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

In his first global meetings since Donald Trump was reelected to lead the U.S., Chinese President Xi Jinping went on a diplomatic offensive, hedging against expected new tariffs and preparing to exploit potential future rifts between Washington and its allies.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to work with the incoming Trump administration, but he also used his last meeting with President Joe Biden to warn Washington that a “new cold war should not be fought and cannot be won”. He added that “containing China is unwise, unacceptable and bound to fail”.

Chinese President Xi Jinping departed from Moroccos Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca on Friday afternoon following a brief visit to the Kingdom.

Xi made the "brief visit" in the African country after wrapping up the G20 summit in Brazil.Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in Morocco on Thursday for a "brief visit," according to Moroccan state media.