Opposition to China will grow in UK politics

Subject

UK opposition to China.

Significance

Conservative Party MPs are becoming increasingly concerned with China. They have set up the China Research Group (CRG), a backbench group dedicated to highlighting what they see as the increasing threat China poses to the health, wealth and security not just of the United Kingdom but to the West as a whole.

Impacts

• Parliament will vote to reject Huawei’s involvement in the building of UK 5G unless the government reduces Huawei’s role substantially.
• The United Kingdom will look to cooperate with other large democracies in finding alternatives to Huawei.
• The government’s growing opposition to Huawei will make it somewhat easier to strike a free trade deal with the United States.