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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

What agreements have been made during Starmer’s trip to China?

Starmer points as a man stands alongside speaking to him, with a Forbidden City building behind
Starmer visiting the Forbidden City in Beijing on Thursday. Photograph: Carl Court/Reuters

Keir Starmer will be pleased that he has secured several agreements to mark his visit to Beijing and by the warm tone of President Xi Jinping’s remarks about his government. However, No 10’s announcements do not put a figure on the value of the deals, and there does not appear to be a big bundle of investments worth billions by Chinese or British firms, which prime ministers have usually tended to hold up as a sign of success. These are the agreements secured by the UK so far.

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