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Starmer's China Trip Draws Wins for UK, Warning From Trump
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1:14Now PlayingUK Prime Minister Keir Starmer can count facetime with Xi Jinping, visa-free travel and lower whiskey tariffs as wins from his trip to China. Upsetting Donald Trump may be one of the drawbacks, as Alex Wickham explains.
President Donald Trump warned the UK and Canada against striking business deals with China, after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer became the latest US ally to announce plans to deepen trade ties during a visit to Beijing.
Asked what he thought of the UK doing business with China, Trump said late on Thursday that the move would be “very dangerous.” He then directed his criticism toward Canada, whose prime minister, Mark Carney, unveiled a new strategic partnership with Beijing earlier this month before delivering a speech at Davos that was widely seen as a critique of the US president.
While Starmer is similarly seeking a reset with the world’s second-largest economy, he’s been careful not to present it as an effort to hedge against a less reliable US under Trump. The British premier is attending business events Shanghai on Friday, after meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday.
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