Britain Should Not Be Forced To Make

I Get A Lot Of Letters From People.

At The Moment We Are Hard-wired Into The European Markets - 50% Of Our Exports Go To Europe - And That Has Not Been Good For The Uk. So I'm Not Saying "make Britain Entirely Dependent On China". I'm Saying "let's Diversify A Bit". When I Became Chancellor, China Was Our Ninth Largest Trading Partner. This Is The World's Second Biggest Economy. China Was Doing More Business With Belgium Than It Was With Britain.

I Think We Woefully Failed To Connect Britain To The Growing Chinese Economy In The Previous Decade, And I Have Sought To Remedy That. China Is Now The Sixth Biggest Trading Partner With The Uk. We Have Attracted Now The Lion's Share Of Chinese Investment That Is Going Into Europe.

What's Interesting Is Whilst Shanghai Has Gone Stellar - Literally, In These Massive Buildings Which Have Appeared Since I First Visited - Beijing Has Become A Much More Vibrant And Interesting Place. A Lot More Business Is Done Here.

One Of The Big Problems We Have In This Country Is That Not Enough People Understand How Important It Is To Save, Understand The Details Of Credit Card Statements, To Be Able To Compare Different Aprs And The Like. I Support The Idea.