Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond Hammond was set to visit China for trade talks with senior government figures. Photo: AP Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond Hammond was set to visit China for trade talks with senior government figures. Photo: AP
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond Hammond was set to visit China for trade talks with senior government figures. Photo: AP
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Britain’s finance minister Philip Hammond scraps China trip amid plans to deploy new UK aircraft carrier to Pacific

  • Plans to send a new aircraft carrier to the Pacific angered Beijing
  • Hammond had been set to visit China for trade talks with senior government figures

Topic |   South China Sea
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Updated: 11:42am, 18 Feb, 2019

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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond Hammond was set to visit China for trade talks with senior government figures. Photo: AP Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond Hammond was set to visit China for trade talks with senior government figures. Photo: AP
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond Hammond was set to visit China for trade talks with senior government figures. Photo: AP
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