Former British Ambassador to the US, Sir Peter Westmacott says 'I think this is the British government making it's own judgement, not just dancing to the tune of Donald Trump' after the US President said he's convinced 'many countries' not to use Huawei.
"So I think the trust is seriously damaged between the government-level and among the businesses."The webinar was organised by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, an economic think tank, and the Centre for European Reform, to explore China-Europe relations.
The ambassador was asked whether what former prime minister David Cameron declared in 2015 as the start of a"golden era" in UK-China relations was over or tarnished because of the Huawei row and other disagreements - including overAmbassador Liu said:"We work together to build this golden era. This is the fifth year of this golden era. I thought we can celebrate the anniversary of the golden era but so many things happen. It is not because of China.
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