U.K.'s Starmer heads to China to mend ties and boost trade - The Globe and Mail

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Published January 28, 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer flew to China on Tuesday evening on the first visit by a British leader in eight years, seeking to mend ties with the world's second-largest economy and reduce his country's dependence on an increasingly unpredictable United States.

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