British finance minister Philip Hammond plans to attend meetings in China to dis...
FILE PHOTO: Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond attends the IMF and World Bank's 2019 Annual Spring Meetings, in Washington, April 13, 2019. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan
Hammond attended the previous Belt and Road forum in 2017 to discuss the mammoth project which envisions rebuilding the old Silk Road to connect China with Asia, Europe and beyond with massive infrastructure spending. Britain is keen to cement closer ties with Beijing as the world’s fifth largest economy looks to re-invent itself as a global trading nation after it leaves the European Union.
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