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Fifth Report - Refreshing our approach? Updating the Integrated Review
Foreign Affairs Committee
HC 882
Published 18 December 2022
Recommendations
3
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 …
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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 and Commonwealth Office
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