George Osborne Quotes


I think we woefully failed to connect Britain to the growing Chinese economy in the previous decade, and I have sought to remedy that. China is now the sixth biggest trading partner with the UK. We have attracted now the lion's share of Chinese investment that is going into Europe.


Citations

Osborne, George. Interview. BBC News, British Broadcasting Corporation, 22 Sept. 2015.

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George Osborne
George Osborne
  • Born: May 23, 1971
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Politician

George Gideon Oliver Osborne CH is a British politician and newspaper editor who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 in the Cameron government. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from 2001 to 2017. He was editor of the London Evening Standard from 2017 to 2020.