00:00Amid U.S. President Donald Trump's continued sharp remarks on the United Kingdom's business
00:12ties with China, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has highlighted the economic gains
00:18from his visit to Beijing.
00:22Taking to social media platform X, Starmer said the talks have delivered fresh export
00:28and investment agreements that would benefit people back home in the U.K.
00:34He also pointed to China cutting tariffs on British whiskey by nearly half, calling it
00:39a huge boost for U.K. businesses.
00:58Meanwhile, on January 29th, U.S. President Donald Trump warned the United Kingdom against doing
01:07business with China, calling it very dangerous.
01:10What do you think about the U.K. getting into business with China?
01:14Keir Starmer was in Beijing.
01:15Well, it's very dangerous for them to do that and it's even more dangerous, I think, for
01:20Canada to get into business with China.
01:23Canada is not doing well.
01:24They're doing very poorly and you can't look at China as the answer.
01:30I know China very well.
01:31I know President Xi is a friend of mine and I know him very well, but that's a big hurdle
01:37to go over when you get Canada.
01:39The first thing they're going to do is say you're not allowed to play ice hockey anymore.
01:42That's not good.
01:43Canada's not going to lie.
01:45PM Starmer's remarks came amid a series of high-level engagements during his visit
01:51to Beijing.
01:53The British Prime Minister met Chinese President Xi Jinping with both leaders affirming their
01:58commitment to building a long-term and strategic partnership.
02:04Following the meeting, Starmer said in another post on X that growth at home is directly linked
02:09to the U.K.'s engagement with the world's biggest powers.
02:14According to China Daily, President Xi Jinping urged joint research and industrial transformation
02:20with the United Kingdom across key areas, including artificial intelligence, bioscience and
02:26new energy.
02:28While PM Starmer's visit signals renewed engagement with China, Al Jazeera noted that the last visit
02:34by a U.K. Prime Minister to Beijing was in 2018 when Theresa May traveled to China.
02:42The report added that relations between London and Beijing have remained strained since the
02:46political crackdown in Hong Kong following months of anti-government protests in 2019.
02:54Al Jazeera further reported another point of contention between the two countries.
02:58The prosecution of Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon and British citizen.
03:05Against this backdrop, PM Starmer told reporters in Beijing that he raised both Lai's case
03:10and China's human rights record during his meeting with President Xi.
03:16Beyond China, the United Kingdom is navigating broader global pressures.
03:20Despite its decades-long relationship with the United States, the U.K. has not been spared
03:25from President Trump's tariff measures.
03:28As a NATO ally, London has also voiced concern after Trump threatened to annex Greenland and
03:34Beijing warned of imposing tariffs of up to 25% on countries opposing him.
03:39The U.K. has been warned of imposing tariffs of up to 25% on countries opposing him.
03:43He's going to be of non-influed in the United States.
03:44He didn't press the flag, if they had to move in to the United States, the U.K. has been
03:47to have its own for the U.K. and the U.K. in the United States.
03:51Under the U.K. has been warned of since the U.K. has been on the German- rabbit's case in the UK
03:54with a many years old.
03:55Under the U.K., the U.K., the U.K. will be 뚫ed to see that between the U.K. and Mr.K.
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