Closer China Relationship Trump ‘Hedge’, says Former UK Business Secretary

The UK should develop a “working relationship” with China as a “hedge” alongside existing ties with the US and EU, says Vince Cable, who was business secretary from 2010-15. Security and economic interests “are not mutually incompatible,” adds Ruby Osman, China lead at the Tony Blair Institute – the UK can “articulate its own red lines.” Nevertheless, Cable adds, the UK lacks “bargaining power” with China. (Source: Bloomberg)Read More