Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, greets Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China, Thursday, Jan.29, 2026. (Carl Court/Pool Photo via AP) via Associated PressDonald Trump has criticised Keir Starmer’s “very dangerous” attempts to forge closer ties between the UK and China. The prime minister held talks with President Xi in Beijing on Thursday as he tries to improve relations with his communist counterpart. That led to Trump threatening Canada with a 100% tariff of any of its goods entering the US. Just last week, Starmer urged Trump to apologise over his “appalling” comments about the sacrifices made by Nato troops in Afghanistan.

Source: Huffington Post January 30, 2026 07:21 UTC