A Whitehall assessment advised ministers that the Government would be pausing any consideration of sanctions against Chinese firms “indefinitely”, according to internal Cabinet documents seen by i.
“indefinitely”Senior MPs and peers have demanded answers after leaked documents appeared to show the Government secretly softened its policy on Chinese businesses accused of human rights abuses.Any softening of the UK’s stance will raise further questions about the Government’s China policy. Removing the threat of sanctions would reduce further safeguards against
“If true it makes a mockery of every so-called commitment to human rights in China uttered by a minister since November and is the opposite of credible deterrence,” she told. “Can ministers who repeatedly stated sanctions were under review really assert they weren’t misleading the House?” Wednesday’s revelations reveal another layer in the UK’s complex policy towards China, and the alleged limitations of the UK’s action against firms benefitting from a host of alleged human rights abuses in the country.
Labour have hit out at the “baffling” decision laid out in the documents, adding that the Prime Minister’s policy towards China is “all talk”, following the disclosures. “There are rightly questions on the Tory backbenches over whether this Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary’s confused position on China can deliver the strong, clear-eyed and consistent approach that is needed.”, but only four Chinese government officials and a Xinjiang security body have faced sanctions under the UK’s flagship Global Human Rights sanction regime since its inception in 2020, with none being handed down for the past three years.
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