Select committee: International Relations and Defence Committee
Conclusion 144
1st Report - Our friends in the North: UK strategy towards the Arctic
Published 29 Nov 2023
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
Mads Qvist Frederiksen, the director of the Arctic Economic Council, told us that China’s current economic footprint in the Arctic is limited. He noted that in 2022, the RAND Corporation, a US think tank, sought to map out China’s economic role in the Arctic and concluded there was currently little Chinese investment in the region. 164
From: International Relations and Defence Committee, 1st Report - Our friends in the North: UK strategy towards the Arctic, 29 November 2023
Government response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 26 January 2024. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗