UK PM Keir Starmer told China's Xi Jinping both nations need to work together on global stability. (AP PHOTO)UK PM Keir Starmer told China's Xi Jinping both nations need to work together on global stability. Starmer is the latest Western leader to engage ‌in a flurry of diplomacy ​with China, as nations hedge against unpredictability from the United States under President Donald Trump. Starmer's visit immediately follows that of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who signed an economic deal with Beijing to tear down trade barriers, drawing Trump's ire. "I made the promise 18 months ago, when we were elected into government, that I would make Britain face outwards again," Starmer told Xi.