By Andrew MacAskill and Bo Erickson SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON, China, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday it would be foolish for Britain not to engage with China, rejecting an assertion from U.

Trump's rhetoric on Truth Social contrasts with what he said after the agreement between Ottawa and Beijing: "If you can get a deal with China, you should do that."

President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor went ahead with its trade deal with China.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that his country doesn't have to choose between relations with the United States and China as he started a four-day trip to China aimed at repairing ties and expanding opportunities for British companies in the world’s second-largest economy.

Analysts expect the U.S.-China trade truce to hold as Beijing bets Trump won’t follow through on his threats ahead of a leaders’ meeting in April.

After almost a decade of strained Sino-British relations, Britain's Keir Starmer arrived in Beiing on a visit he hopes will help will deliver growth.

China is set to ‌lift ​restrictions which it had ‌imposed on a group of British lawmakers, Prime Minister ​Keir Starmer said on Friday, meaning that they will now be free to ‍travel to China. Starmer made the ​announcement during his four-day visit to China,