UK plans tighter security to allow trade with 'biggest threat' China - The Times

Sensitive sites and technology will be made more secure to allow Britain to trade with an increasingly powerful China, a landmark defence, security and foreign policy review says today.

China poses the “biggest state-based threat” to the UK’s economic security and presents a “systemic challenge” to British prosperity and values, according to a copy of the report that was leaked before publication to The Times.

The 100-page document, Global Britain in a Competitive Age, will say that China’s military modernisation and growing international assertiveness in the Pacific region and beyond will pose an “increasing risk to UK interests”.

It says that Britain will “not hesitate” to stand up for its values and will increase protection of critical infrastructure, such as the national grid,

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2021-03-16 00:00:00Z
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