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2025.09.21 00:52 GMT+8

China and the UK reignite trade ties - The Agenda

Updated 2025.09.21 00:52 GMT+8
The Agenda

New UK Business Secretary Peter Kyle has had to hit the ground running. Just days after being promoted to the job he was off on a whistle-stop tour to Washington, and then to Beijing, where he helped to reboot the UK-China Economic and Trade Commission (Jetco) - which hadn't met in seven years.

But what does this really say about the state of the UK's trade relationships? And where are the mutually beneficial opportunities for trade with the world's second largest economy?

Joining Juliet Mann on this edition of The Agenda are Dr Gerard Lyons, Economist and Senior Independent Director, Bank of China, Yin Zhiguang, Professor of International Politics, Fudan University and Michael Mainelli, Chairman of Z/Yen Group.

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