Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 35918

Overseas Trade: China

Tabled: 5 March 2025
Answered: 12 March 2025

Question

Bradley Thomas

ConservativeBromsgrove

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government considers increased trade with China to be an inherent risk to national security.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
China is the world’s second largest economy and predicted to be the largest driver of global growth from 2021 to 2035. Identifying opportunities to build secure and resilient growth through a mature, stable, and balanced relationship with China is in our ...

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