Britain’s ‘golden era’ with China

evasion and tax avoidance are very high on the political agenda,” said Sophie in ‘t Veld, the deputy leader of the centrist group in the European Parliament.

That political approach, Brussels officials stressed, did not mean capricious or lacking legal basis. Vestager is clear she must win in court on some untested points of law against the best tax attorneys Silicon Valley and Washington can buy, and against EU member state Ireland. PRIME Minister Theresa May said yesterday that Britain and China were enjoying a “golden era” and that the strategic partnership would not be derailed by her decision on whether to back a partChinese funded power station at Hinkley Point. “I have been clear that a decision about Hinkley will be taken later this month, but our relationship with China is about more than Hinkley,” the prime minister told reporters after a two-day summit of leaders from the Group of 20 nations in China. The British government’s surprise decision in July to delay the $24 billion (R347bn) nuclear plan has upset China, one of the backers of the scheme. “If you look at the investment that there has been from China in various other parts of the UK and other infrastructure and so forth in the UK, we have built a global strategic partnership with China. I’ve been clear we will be continuing that global strategic partnership with China. It is a golden era of the relations between China and the UK.” – Reuters