Foreign Office and business department's assement, shared with ministers last November, stated that sanctions considerations were being paused 'indefinitely'
Foreign Office and business department's assement, shared with ministers last November, stated that sanctions considerations were being paused 'indefinitely'
Conservative backbencher and leading China hawk, Sir Iain Duncan Smith, raised the assessment in the House of Commons on Wednesday, saying it was a “terrible decision”.civil servants were “dumbfounded” by the assessment and couldn’t understand why such a blanket approach to the country would be taken.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was urged to rethink his efforts to convince the controversial clothing firm Shein to list its shares in London, because of alleged “abuse” in its supply chain He raised the assessment in the House as MPs condemned Hong Kong legislators for passing a national security law that grants them more power to quash dissent. The laws stipulate life sentences for offences like external interference and insurrection, fuelling fears of authoritarianism in the region.
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