Keir Starmer and Xi Jinping Strike Trade Deals as Trump Issues Warnings

Keir Starmer met with Xi Jinping in Beijing to sign trade and migration agreements, marking the first visit by a leader of the United Kingdom to China in eight years.Beijing agreed to reduce tariffs on whisky exports and implement visa-free travel for British tourists, while pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca pledged a $15B investment in the Chinese economy.Donald Trump warned that these closer ties are dangerous for Western allies and threatened to impose a 100 percent tariff on goods from Canada following a similar trade deal signed by Mark Carney.