Chinese invasion of Taiwan ‘would be catastrophic miscalculation’

Trade should be directed at countries who can be trusted, says British foreign secretary Liz Truss

China would be making a catastrophic miscalculation" if it invaded Taiwan, Liz Truss has said, telling the Nato summit that the UK and other countries should reconsider trading relationships with countries that used economic power in coercive" ways.

In a sign of how far UK government attitudes towards China have shifted since the self-declared golden decade" under David Cameron, the British foreign secretary said trade should be directed at countries who could be trusted.