Donald Trump has described it as “very dangerous” for the UK to do business with China, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Shanghai on the third day of his official visit to the country.
Trump’s comments followed the announcement of several agreements aimed at boosting trade and investment between the UK and China, reached after Starmer met Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijing.
Speaking to reporters at the premiere of a documentary about his wife Melania, Trump said: “It’s very dangerous” for the UK to engage economically with China, although he went on to describe Xi as “a friend” and said he knew the Chinese leader “very well”.
Beyond those remarks, the US president did not expand further on the UK’s engagement with China, instead pivoting his criticism towards Canada, which he described as being in an “even more dangerous” position. Trump recently threatened tariffs on Canada following economic discussions between Ottawa and Beijing.
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