Chennai, July 10 -- Former Malaysian Member of Parliament Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang on Thursday criticised US President Donald Trump's trade war policies, calling them damaging to global peace and economic balance, while urging stronger cooperation between Asian nations including India, China, Vietnam, Japan, and Indonesia.

"We want to be friends with everybody. We do not want to have enemies. And the process whereby Donald Trump is creating a trade war is not good for anybody," said Lim while speaking to ANI in Chennai, stressing the importance of multipolar and multilateral frameworks for global development.

Lim emphasised that India and China, with their long civilizational ties, must collaborate to create "a new world order for justice,...