HSBC executive slams ‘weak’ UK for siding with US against China
London/Hong Kong | HSBC’s head of public affairs has criticised the US for strong-arming the UK into cutting back business dealings with China and accused the British government of being “weak” for going along with it.
Sherard Cowper-Coles told attendants at a closed-door event in London in June that Britain would often bow to the demands of Washington and that it shouldn’t blindly follow the US but look after its own interests, according to several people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified.
Bloomberg
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