Neither publicly mentioned Donald Trump, but the American president’s challenges to the post-Cold War order was clearly on their minds. Starmer is the first British prime minister to visit in eight years. “China-U.K. relations experienced setbacks in previous years, which was not in the interests of either country,” Xi said. He told Xi that it has “been far too long” since a U.K. prime minister visited. The disruption to global trade under Trump has made expanding trade and investment more imperative for many governments.