China has criticised the UK-US trade deal in a major blow to Keir Starmer’s bid to improve relations with the communist country. Beijing said it was a “basic principle” that such agreements should not target other nations.

China has criticised a trade deal between the United Kingdom and the United States that could be used to squeeze Chinese products out of British supply chains, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

China attacks UK trade deal with US - Beijing said it was a ‘basic principle’ that such agreements should not target other nations.