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Department for Business and Trade: China

Asked by Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 8 January 2025UIN 21304

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what meetings for what purpose (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with representatives of the People's Republic of China since 5 July 2024.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

The Secretary of State for Business and Trade met the Vice Minister of Commerce in the margins of the G20 trade summit in Brazil to discuss the UK-China trade relationship.

The Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets met the Vice Minister of the State Administration for Market Regulation in the UK to discuss competition issues.

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