UK Trade Minister to visit the US first and then China this week, aiming to deepen trade cooperation with China

Multiple foreign media reports indicate that this week, UK's new Trade Minister Kier will arrive in Beijing, where he will hold exchanges with Chinese counterparts on cooperation in the field of trade and explore new paths for trade development. He plans to first go to the United States to prepare for Trump's visit to the UK, and then arrive in China on the 10th.

This is his first major public overseas visit since taking office, and it is one of the measures taken by the Starmer government of the Labour Party to deepen Sino-UK trade relations. Since the Labour Party came to power last year, officials such as the former Foreign Secretary and Development Minister Rami and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Reeves have visited China, and this frequency of interaction was unimaginable during the Conservative Party's rule. Previously, the British government had also explicitly stated that it wanted to change the previous situation of inconsistent policies towards China, and to establish a more stable bilateral relationship. This demonstrates the UK's new government's high regard for deepening economic and trade cooperation with China, and it is also the "most rational choice" made by the UK in the face of economic challenges and Trump's tariffs.

Of course, the UK-China relationship is constrained by the broader framework of Sino-US relations, and it is unlikely to make a sudden turn immediately, there will certainly be ups and downs. However, there are broad prospects for cooperation between the two countries in areas such as trade and investment, and there will surely be some achievements. More importantly, this represents a major trend in global geopolitics — when one of America's most important allies, the UK, is seeking to strengthen cooperation with China, the moment when the United States falls from its "superpower" throne is getting closer and closer.

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