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Liz Truss and Foreign Office split over policy on China and Uighurs

Trade secretary supports UK, not international, courts determining presence of genocide overseas

A behind the scenes struggle over UK policy towards China has begun, with Liz Truss, the trade secretary, backing plans, opposed by the Foreign Office, to give the British courts a role in determining whether genocide is happening in Xinjiang, China.

MPs are due to vote in the new year on the Lords’ all-party amendment to the trade bill,which would give the courts a preliminary role in determining whether a genocide is being committed by a country with whom the UK might sign a trade deal.

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