Boris Johnson: 'UK should have its own free trade deal with China'

Britain should negotiate its own free trade agreement with China if talks between the European Union and Beijing fail to yield one, Boris Johnson has said.

Trade talks between European and Chinese leaders which could pave the way for a free trade deal are due to open imminently but the mayor of London recognised there could be difficulties.

Brussels and Beijing narrowly avoided a trade war earlier this year over European tariffs on Chinese solar panels.

At a British Chamber of Commerce event in Hong Kong, Mr Johnson asked the audience what they wanted to change in London to help break down barriers between the West and the East, and was told to reform import duty and sort out VAT claim-back issues at Heathrow Airport.

Mr Johnson said: "VAT and import duty - those it seems to me are classically things that can be resolved by growing trade and co-operation between London and China, London and Beijing. We need a proper, thoroughgoing free trade agreement.

"If the EU won't do it we can do it on our own."

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