The UK’s security and trade relationship with China

International Relations and Defence Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 25 Feb 2021 Closed: 20 Oct 2022 Parliament page
The inquiry will consider the Government’s approach to China, and how this has evolved. It will examine the UK’s security interests vis-à-vis China, the UK’s partners and allies, including the Five Eyes partnership, and the UK’s diplomatic, defence and security resourcing for further engagement in China’s neighbourhood. It will also … Read more
2 Reports
11 Oral sessions
2 Letters
11 Events
Activity timeline 16 events
10 Nov
2022
Correspondence
22 Feb
2022
Report published
4 Jan
2022
Correspondence
23 Nov
2021
Report published
10 Sep
2021
Report published
9 Jun
2021
Oral evidence
26 May
2021
Oral evidence
18 May
2021
Oral evidence
12 May
2021
Oral evidence
26 Apr
2021
Oral evidence
21 Apr
2021
Oral evidence
14 Apr
2021
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 11 sessions
9 Jun 2021
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Graham Stuart · Department for International Trade Mohin Rahman · Department for International Trade Nigel Adams · Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Rupert Ainley · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
26 May 2021
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Didi Kirsten Tatlow · German Council of Foreign Relations (DGAP) Dr Alicia García-Herrero · Bruegel The Rt Hon. the Lord Patten of Barnes KG CH
18 May 2021
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Fang Wenjian · China Chamber of Commerce in the UK Linda Yueh · University of Oxford Professor Wei Liang · University of Monterey Sir Sherard Cowper Coles · British Business Council
12 May 2021
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The Lord O'Neill of Gatley The Lord Sassoon
26 Apr 2021
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Bonnie Glaser · German Marshall Fund of the United States Elizabeth C. Economy · Council on Foreign Relations
21 Apr 2021
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Dr Garima Mohan · The German Marshall Fund of the United States Dr Tanvi Madan · Brookings Institution Professor Akio Takahara · University of Tokyo Professor Katherine Morton · Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University Professor Shaun Breslin · University of Warwick Professor Yongjin Zhang · University of Bristol
14 Apr 2021
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Dr Lynn Kuok · International Institute for Strategic Studies Veerle Nouwens · Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
18 Mar 2021
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The Lord McDonald of Salford GCMG KCVO The Lord Sedwill GCMG · Cabinet Office
17 Mar 2021
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Rt Hon George Osborne · HM Treasury
10 Mar 2021
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Dr Janka Oertel · European Council on Foreign Relations Professor Kerry Brown · King's College London Professor Steve Tsang · School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
3 Mar 2021
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Charles Parton OBE · Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Dr Yu Jie · Chatham House
Correspondence 2 letters
10 Nov 2022 Letter by The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, Minister of State for Asia, Energy, Climate and the Environment, to The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns, on the Grand Committee debate related to the Committee’s China report (8 November 2022)
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4 Jan 2022 To committee Letter from Baroness Anelay of St Johns to Rt Hon Amanda Milling MP, Minister of State for Asia, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Mike Freer, Minister for Exports, Department for International Trade on the Government Response to the Committee's The UK and China's security and trade relationship: a strategic void report, dated 4 January 2022
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