International Trade conference: hear from industry leaders and the CBI’s chief representative to China about the challenges and opportunities in trading with China going forward.
15 Oct 2020, 3 min read
CBI Chief Representative to China, Guy Dru Drury is joined by business leaders and senior government officials as they discuss new ways for the UK to engage with China and a pragmatic approach to the challenges and opportunities that the market presents.
Speakers
- Guy Dru Drury, China Chief Representative, CBI
- Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, Chairman, China-Britain Business Council
- Joe Hawley, Consul-General, Guangzhou and South China
- Patrick Horgan, Director for Global Government Relations, Rolls-Royce
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Highlights from the session:
- Speakers discuss how the UK and the rest of the world are waking up to the reality of a rising China, and the ‘Golden Era’ that existed only a few months ago has transformed into a new phase of UK-China relations
- After the UK leaves the European Union, China will be the UK’s third largest trading partner, and the one with the biggest upside
- Speakers add that the UK needs to work with other like-minded countries to push China to level the playing
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