Whitehall officials have pencilled in the end of this month for the next chapter of the UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue, three years after it last took place, Sky News learns.
The Treasury is racing to re-establish a key economic summit with the Chinese government, three years after the previous chapter of a purportedly annual round of talks.
However, last week's resignation of the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, and the decision of his successor, Nadhim Zahawi, to enter the race for the Conservative Party leadership have prompted industry concerns that the EFD could face postponement until later this year.
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