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Cooper to Visit China and India to Push Trade, Technology and Crisis Cooperation

The trip will translate a reset with Beijing into practical trade and technology ties while pressing for delivery of the UK‑India trade pact.

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks during a virtual summit at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London, England, April 2, 2026. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS
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Overview

  • Cooper will be in Beijing on Tuesday to meet Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vice‑President Han Zheng and then travel to Shenzhen on Wednesday for a science and technology programme.
  • She will move on to New Delhi around Thursday to meet External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and engage entrepreneurs, academics and partners working on the UK‑India Vision 2035.
  • FCDO says the ministerial talks will cover cross‑border crises including tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, Russia’s war in Ukraine and the recent Ebola outbreak in Africa.
  • The visits aim to convert recent high‑level gestures — including Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s January reset with China and last year’s UK‑India free trade agreement — into concrete cooperation and projects.
  • A key outstanding issue is India’s complaint that Britain’s new steel import curbs have delayed full implementation of the UK‑India FTA, a commercial friction the trip will seek to manage and resolve.