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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aubrey Allegretti

Truss to call for tough sanctions against China if it escalates Taiwan tensions

The former prime minister will urge her successor to be more hawkish in standing up to Beijing.
The former prime minister will urge her successor to be more hawkish in standing up to Beijing. Photograph: Spectator TV

Britain and the rest of the G7 should urgently agree a tough package of sanctions to impose on China if it escalates military tensions with Taiwan, Liz Truss will argue, as she uses her first public overseas speech to pile pressure on Rishi Sunak.

Speaking in Tokyo on Friday, the former prime minister will urge her successor to be more hawkish in standing up to Beijing, warning coordinated action is needed to block “the rise of a totalitarian China” given “the free world is in danger”.

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