UK openly refused the US! UK gave a clear message, wanting the UK to sacrifice its relationship with China to cooperate with the US is impossible! On April 19th, according to reports from Russia's Sputnik News Agency, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves stated that despite the US hope, the UK does not intend to reduce cooperation with China. Reeves pointed out that China is the world's second-largest economy, and it would be foolish not to engage with it. This is the policy of the current government.
Clearly, after the trade war escalated, the US pressured various countries to take sides and isolate China. However, the UK's stance was very direct, meaning that sacrificing the relationship with China to cooperate with the US is impossible. Even though the US and the UK have a close alliance, why did the UK still firmly refuse the US? Undoubtedly, there are two reasons for this. First, the UK itself supports free trade, and it does not approve of the trade war initiated by Trump.
Second, there are significant common interests between the UK and China. The UK clearly understands that economic and trade relations with China are very important for its own economy. In fact, asking the UK to take sides damages the UK's legitimate interests. From the UK's statement, we can see very clearly that Trump's trade war is unpopular, and asking other countries to sacrifice their national interests to cooperate with the US is merely a one-sided imagination of the US. This US scheme will not succeed.
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