The UK is highly dependent on China for critical minerals. With rising state control over China’s rare earths industry, this paper explores the risks and how the UK could seek to increase resilience of supply.
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18 months on from the creation of the China Research Group, this paper takes stock of what has changed in our relationship with China over the past 18 months and what the UK should do now.
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In this paper, Robert D. Atkinson argues that like-minded democracies need to form a ‘NATO for Trade’ in response to China’s propensity to circumvent the spirit (and letter) of the WTO and target democratic countries with trade coercion.
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This report demystifies OBOR, analyses how OBOR touches UK national interests, and considers three strategic options: “Contain and Undermine,” “Hedge,” and “Join and Balance.”
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A toolbox of policy ideas to spark discussion about some of the different things liberal democracies like Britain can do to encourage the Chinese government to respect the rules-based international order.
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Charles Parton outlines why the UK must recognise a fundamental difference over values with China, and also sets out five key recommendations which require urgent attention from the UK government.
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