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Fifth Report - Refreshing our approach? Updating the Integrated Review

Foreign Affairs Committee HC 882 Published 18 December 2022

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

8 items (6 recs)

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Government Response

AI assessment · 8 of 8 classified

Accepted 2

Acknowledged 5

Rejected 1

Government response

Fifth Special Report - Refreshing our approach? Updating the Integrated Review: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report · published 31 May 2023

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

3 Recommendation Rejected

The Integrated Review designated China as a “systemic competitor”.

Recommendation

The Integrated Review designated China as a “systemic competitor”. Strong language that is not coupled by action does nothing to alleviate confusion, and risks increasing uncertainty and undermining our credibility. The Government needs to be firmer and more explicit in … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government rejects the recommendation to change the language from "systemic competitor" to "threat," arguing that it is not smart foreign policy to simplify the approach to China to a single word.

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

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