“The so-called golden age is over, along with the naive idea that trade would automatically lead to social and political reform,” Sunak said in his maiden foreign policy speech Monday night. China poses a systemic challenge “to our values and interests”. This challenge will increase as China becomes more authoritarian, the head of government said. At the same time, he warned against Cold War rhetoric.
“Of course, we cannot ignore China’s importance to international issues, to global economic stability or issues like climate change,” Sunak said. Together with allies such as the US, Canada, Australia and Japan, Britain must accept “this increasing competition”. “Much of this revolves around dramatically improving our resilience, particularly our economic security,” the prime minister said.
Sunak also pledged to revitalize relations with the EU to jointly address issues such as security and migration. However, there is no going back after Brexit. “Under my leadership, we will never conform to EU law,” Sunak said.
(SDA)