President Xi Jinping is trying to convince Europe that China is its real ally, while Donald Trump is going after the European Union with tariffs, threats over defense, and zero patience for negotiations.

President Trump is facing an adversary who has armed his country to play a long and potentially painful game in its contest with the U.S.

Xi Jinping has warned there will be “no winners” from Donald Trump’s trade war as the Chinese president embarks on a diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia this week. The warning was delivered in an editorial jointly published in Chinese and Vietnamese media ahead of a trip which experts say Xi will use to portray his country as a “responsible” superpower—in contrast to the United States under President Trump.