"A minister has said it would be absolutely bonkers for the UK not to engage with China after Donald Trump criticised Sir Keir Starmer's visit to the country. The prime minister met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday as he made the case for a more sophisticated relationship between the two countries, before touching down in Shanghai for the next leg of his trip. The US president then warned overnight that it would be dangerous for Britain to do business with China."
"I agree that you of course you have to go into your relationship with China with your eyes wide open. You have to challenge China on the issues where we disagree with them and but you have to face the fact that China is a major power in the world. It's the second largest economy in the world, and it's our fourth largest export market. So it would be absolutely bonkers to the UK not to engage with China."
Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Chinese President Xi Jinping and promoted a more sophisticated UK-China relationship during a visit that included Shanghai. US President Donald Trump warned that it would be dangerous for Britain to do business with China. Trade minister Sir Chris Bryant rejected Trump's warning as wrong and urged engagement with China while keeping eyes wide open and challenging disagreements. Bryant emphasized that China is a major power, the world's second-largest economy and the UK's fourth-largest export market, arguing that failing to engage would be 'absolutely bonkers'.
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