British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has arrived in the Chinese financial center of Shanghai in his bid to boost business opportunities for U.K. firms in the world\u2019s second-largest economy, just hours after President Donald Trump signaled a possible opp…<\/p>\n
BEIJING — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in the Chinese financial center of Shanghai on Friday in his bid to boost business opportunities for U.K. firms in the world’s second-largest economy, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump signaled a possible opposition to any deal between Beijing and London.<\/p>\n
Starmer has brought more than 50 business leaders on his trip to China<\/a>, the first by a British prime minister in eight years.<\/p>\n He started his trip in Beijing, where he met Chinese leaders including Xi Jinping. The two pledged to pursue a long-term and stable strategic partnership, in what was seen as a sign of improving ties after several years of friction between the two countries.<\/p>\n In Washington, Trump suggested he may oppose to any deal, and then pivoted to Canada, with which he has had a series of sharp exchanges since Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney<\/a> visited China earlier this month.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, it\u2019s very dangerous for them to do that” he said, when asked about Starmer’s visit and any U.K. trade talks with Beijing. “And it\u2019s even more dangerous, I think, for Canada to get into business with China. Canada is not doing well. They\u2019re doing very poorly.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t look at China as the answer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n