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26 Apr 2021
Former Prime Minister David Cameron reportedly lobbied then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond in 2017 to secure government approval for a $1 billion Chinese investment deal.
Mr Cameron who has recently been embroiled in a lobbying scandal involving government contracts secured during the Chinese coronavirus crisis for Greensill Capital has been revealed to have allegedly used his government connections to gain approval for an investment pact with Chinese partners.
In 2017, Cameron held a meeting with Chancellor Hammond to discuss the formation of the $1 billion (£718 million) UK-China Fund, of which the former Tory prime minister was set to become the vice-chairman, according to correspondence obtained by
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“So we are clear-eyed about China, but of course we have to trade with China and we have to work with our allies to help ensure that China is abiding by the global trade rules.”
Conservative Home editor Paul Goodman asked Mrs Truss about attempts by the House of Lords to insert an amendment into the Trade Bill passed this year forcing the Government to withdraw from any free trade agreement with any country which the High Court rules is committing genocide.
She replied: “It is fundamentally a foreign policy issue.
“The issue though is the way that the amendment has been framed does muddy the constitutional waters in terms of what’s a political decision and what s the court decision.
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