Committees

The UK’s security and trade relationship with China

Inquiry

The inquiry will consider the Government’s approach to China, and how this has evolved. It will examine the UK’s security interests vis-à-vis China, the UK’s partners and allies, including the Five Eyes partnership, and the UK’s diplomatic, defence and security resourcing for further engagement in China’s neighbourhood. It will also consider China’s importance as a trade partner and source of investment.

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Past events

Wednesday 9 June 2021
10:00am Public
The UK’s security and trade relationship with China - Oral evidence 9 June 2021
10:00am
  • Graham Stuart (Minister for Exports at Department for International Trade)
  • Nigel Adams (Minister for Asia at Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office)
  • Mohin Rahman (Deputy Director, North America, China and Asia Pacific, at Department for International Trade)
  • Rupert Ainley (Interim Director, North East Asia and China at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Virtual meeting
Wednesday 26 May 2021
10:00am Public
The UK’s security and trade relationship with China - Oral evidence 26 May 2021
10:00am
  • Didi Kirsten Tatlow (Senior Fellow, Asia Program at German Council of Foreign Relations (DGAP))
  • Dr Alicia García-Herrero (Senior Fellow at Bruegel)
11:00am
  • The Rt Hon. the Lord Patten of Barnes KG CH
Virtual formal meeting (transcript only)
Tuesday 18 May 2021
3:00pm Public
The UK’s security and trade relationship with China - Oral evidence 18 May 2021
3:00pm
  • Sir Sherard Cowper Coles (Chair at British Business Council, and Group Head of Public Affairs at HSBC)
  • Fang Wenjian (Chair at China Chamber of Commerce in the UK, and General Manager at Bank of China in London)
4:00pm
  • Linda Yueh (Fellow in Economics, St Edmund Hall at University of Oxford, and Adjunct Professor at London Business School)
  • Professor Wei Liang (Middlebury Institute of International Studies at University of Monterey)
Virtual meeting
Wednesday 12 May 2021
10:00am Public
The UK’s security and trade relationship with China - Oral evidence 12 May 2021
10:00am
  • The Lord O'Neill of Gatley
11:00am
  • The Lord Sassoon
Virtual meeting

Contact us

  • Email: hlintlrelations@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 7412 (committee staff) | 020 7219 8659 (Press Officer)
  • Address: International Relations and Defence Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW