New Delhi, April 11 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for the European Union to work together with his country to oppose "unilateral acts of bullying", taking a swipe at the sweeping new tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump.

Jinping's comments on Friday was made during his meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and comes as his first public statement on the US tariffs issue.

Xi Jinping told the Spanish PM that China and EU must join hands to defend globalisation. He said there could be "no winners" in any trade war, adding that the EU had a key role to play in ensuring global economic stability.

"China has always regarded the EU as an important pole in a multipolar world, and is one of the major countries ...