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Liam Byrne: “The UK urgently needs a coherent China strategy, which it does not have today.”

On the recordOctober 17, 2026
The UK urgently needs a coherent China strategy, which it does not have today.
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Liam Byrne
Labour Party

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Discussing the need for a new strategy on China.

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