Liz Truss has beliefs. The former environment secretary is a fierce supporter of free markets, low taxes and a Britain outside of the European Union. She is also a self-described China hawk, having called the country "the largest threat, both to the world and to the United Kingdom, for freedom and democracy”.
Which is odd, because Truss recently lobbied the UK government to “expedite” the sale of defence equipment to China. The story did not garner widespread attention at the time, but in January this year, Politico reported that in a private letter dated August 2023, Truss had personally asked business and trade secretary Kemi Badenoch to help a defence manufacturer sell military equipment to China.
