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China could gatecrash Starmer’s diplomatic party

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16.05.2025

Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire File photo dated 18/11/24: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping of China, at the Sheraton Hotel, as he attends the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Issue date: Monday December 16, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story SOCIAL Review2024 Pictures. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Keir Starmer has repeatedly said that the UK doesn’t need to choose between strengthening economic and trade ties with the US and deepening them with the EU. A few weeks ago, concern was growing in Whitehall that if the UK didn’t strike a deal with America then the chance of a tariff rapprochement could be imperilled by the signing of a deal with the EU that looks set to happen........

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