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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nina Lloyd

UK will handle US security concerns over new Chinese embassy plan, says Kyle

Security issues over plans for a Chinese embassy near London’s financial centres will be “taken care of assiduously”, a minister said after the White House warned Downing Street against allowing the project to go ahead.

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said the UK would offer a “fulsome response” to any concerns raised by allies amid suggestions that US opposition could undermine transatlantic trade negotiations.

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