INTERNATIONAL Trade Secretary Liam Fox came under fire from human rights activists this evening for subsidising construction projects in repressive regimes.
Last week, Mr Fox’s department lent £49 million to a Saudi-owned company to build bridges in Sri Lanka.
And shortly before Christmas, it loaned £28 million to help British firm Bluewater Bio win a waterworks contract in oil-rich Bahrain.
Tehran retaliates with attacks on Israel, the Gulf Arab states and crude oil flows
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Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US hegemony