Last week, the UK government took steps to remove a Chinese company from the financing of a proposed nuclear power plant.

In the UK House of Lords last week, a question was raised regarding the acquisition of the Newport Wafer Fab, a semiconductor factory in Wales, by the Chinese-owned technology company Nexperia. In response, the UK government has made clear that a national security review of the transaction is underway.

Last week, Politico reported that the UK government was taking tentative steps to restore a forum to talk about trade and investment with China, but there was immediate pushback from some of the China hawks within the Conservative Party.

Two British government agencies recently announced that they had approved a nuclear reactor designed by a Chinese firm. However, the company's involvement in this and other nuclear projects in the UK remains unclear, as other British government officials and members of the UK parliament have both been pushing

In the UK House of Commons on October 21, MP Dave Doogan [https://hansard.parliament.uk/search/MemberContributions?house=Commons&memberId=4736] (SNP) asked [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-10-21/debates/6E97FBB0-0EBF-4D51-87B1-EB591BBFBB5A/UKPorkTradeWithChina?highlight=china#contribution-25DBE0C1-AC65-410D-BBF4-2F8DB321934A] the UK Secretary of State for International Trade the following question about UK

Politico hosted an interview today [https://www.politico.eu/event/interview-with-elizabeth-truss/] with UK Trade Minister Liz Truss. Anna Isaac of Politico asked Minister Truss about a number of trade issues. The following are the questions and answers related to trade with China. > Anna Isaac: Let's start with