Trade secretary supports UK, not international, courts determining rights abuse of Uighurs in Xinjiang
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.
