STARMER DEFENDS RESET IN UK-CHINA TIES – PM says China visit brings economic progress
Prime Minister Keir Starmer lauded the economic benefits of resetting relations with China during a visit to the country.
He told a meeting of the UK-China Business Forum in the Chinese capital, Beijing, that his “very warm” meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping provided “real progress”.
Starmer hailed deals on visa-free travel and lower whisky tariffs as “really important access, symbolic of what we’re doing with the relationship”.
Starmer, whose centre-left Labour government has struggled to deliver the economic growth it promised, has made improving relations with the world’s second-largest economy a priority.
His visit to China comes amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s warnings of trade tariffs and pledges to grab control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, which has rattled long-standing U.S. allies, including Britain.
In Washington, replying to questions about the closer ties between Britain and China, Trump said, “Well, it’s very dangerous for them to do that,” as he attended the premiere of the “Melania” film at the Kennedy Centre.
