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Chancellor Of The Exchequer, Rishi Sunak stands outside 11 Downing Street ahead of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's delivery of the budget on March 3, 2021 - Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty
Data from the Department for International Trade shows that total trade between the UK and China rose by 8.6pc to £91.9bn in the year to the end of June 2021. The UK's total trade deficit with China ballooned from £11.8bn to £40.5 billion with China in the period.
Rishi Sunak bids to reset China relations to boost trade
Rishi Sunak is pursuing a "complete sea change" in relations with China with the relaunch of a major trade summit that has been suspended for two years amid tensions over Hong Kong and Covid.