Visit comes amid flurry of diplomacy with Beijing, Trump tensionsBritain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of a bilateral meeting during his visit to China, in Beijing on Jan 29. 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. Starmer is being accompanied by more than 50 business leaders, another signal that he is seeking economic wins. “I made the promise 18 months ago, when we were elected into government, that I would make Britain face outwards again,” Starmer told Xi. In a sign of how the countries can work together, Downing Street said Starmer and Xi would announce that Britain and China would jointly tackle gangs involved in trafficking illegal migrants.