Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the U.K. wouldn’t have to choose between the U.S. and China, as he heralded "significant opportunities” for British businesses ahead of his trip to Beijing this week.

In an interview on Monday, Starmer dismissed questions about whether he was seeking stronger ties with China at the expense of the U.K.’s relationship with its closest allies. Starmer’s trip to China — the first by a British prime minister in eight years — comes on the heels of a similar delegation by Canadian counterpart Mark Carney that drew fresh tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.

"I’m often invited to simply choose between countries. I don’t do that,” Starmer said in 10 Downing St. "I remember when I was doing the U.S. trade deal, and everybody put to me that I’d have to make a choice between the U.S. and Europe, and I said, ‘I’m not making that choice.’”

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