Meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Mr. Xi and Mr. Starmer hailed the benefits of cooperation. He told Mr. Xi that British businesses were eager to take advantage of any available opportunities in the world’s second-largest economy. Mr. Xi offered a thinly veiled critique of the current U.S. trade posture in his meeting with Mr. Starmer. Mr. Xi called on the two countries to increase cooperation in finance, health care, artificial intelligence, bioscience and renewable energy. The post In Beijing, Starmer and Xi Seek a Way Around a Volatile U.S. appeared first on New York Times.