Trump warns Britain and Canada against boosting trade with China

President Trump on Thursday warned Britain and Canada against boosting trade with China, telling reporters in Washington outside a screening of a documentary about the first lady, Melania Trump, that doing so was "very dangerous." Mr. Trump said, "It’s very dangerous for them to do that," referring to Britain, and added, "It’s even more dangerous, I think, for Canada to get into business with China." He also said, "Canada’s not doing well, they’re doing very poorly.

And you can’t look at China as the answer." Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Shanghai on Friday for the last leg of a three-day trip aimed at drumming up business with Beijing. Mr. Starmer met with Xi Jinping on Thursday in the Great Hall of the People and hailed the benefits of cooperation, while Mr.

Xi sought to depict China as a reliable global power. Canada’s prime ministerial counterpart, Mark Carney, made a recent high-profile trip to China too; during that visit Canada said it would lower tariffs on some Chinese electric vehicles, and China offered reciprocal moves for Canadian canola, according to the report.

Mr. Carney also said in Davos last week that there had been a "rupture" of Europe’s long reliance on American hegemony. Mr. Trump, who described Mr. Xi as "a friend," suggested Canada might have to give up playing ice hockey if it wanted to deal with China, a remark he did not explain.

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