Liz Truss, in a controversial visit to Taiwan, called for the island republic to be fast-tracked into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership with the UK's backing.
Truss: 'You can't believe a word they say'
Pushed on whether he would back Taiwan joining CPTPP, Mr Sunak said:"I think that we have a very strong, unofficial relationship with Taiwan as our allies do.Ms Truss has also called for an"Mr Sunak said he is"probably going to lead the session on economic security" at the G7, and that such talks would be an"increasing theme of discussions when you think about the challenges and threats we face now".in the security of the Indo-Pacific region.
The current prime minister also rejected calls from his predecessor to call China a"threat" - as Mr Sunak did when he was running against Ms Truss in the race to take over from Boris Johnson last summer. Instead, the government's integrated review refresh called China an"epoch-defining and systemic challenge" - while the foreign secretary said it would be a"3:31Mr Sunak said:"If you look at the language that we use in the integrated review, the language the Americans use, the Australians, the Canadians, the Japanese, there was a lot of dialogue between us as we were all developing our strategies.
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