Chinese Vice Premier says country wants to strengthen trade ties with Britain
Hu Chunhua told visiting British trade minister Liam Fox that China wanted to “fully strengthen” its trade and business ties with Britain.
Britain has pushed a strong message to Chinese companies that it is fully open for business as it prepares to leave the EU next year, and China is one of the countries with which Britain would like to sign a post-Brexit free trade deal.
Last month, China offered Britain talks on a post-Brexit free trade deal.
Meeting in Beijing, Hu told Fox that China attaches great importance to ties with Britain and has always put the relationship “in an extremely important position”, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
China is willing to work with Britain to “fully strengthen cooperation in economic and trade areas”, Hu added.
Published: by Radio NewsHub