A crisis in the British steel factory has led to the shadow of relations between the United Kingdom of China

Britain has sent a procession from senior officials to China this year, which is part of a magic -calculated attack to melt relations with a country looming on the global order that the United States prompts during the era of President Trump.

But the move in emergency situations by the British Parliament at the end of last week to control the Chinese -owned British steel factory has introduced a dispersed note in all diplomacy. It can raise deeper questions about the efforts of Prime Minister Kerr Starmer to develop the warmer relations with China, as Mr. Trump’s tariff justifies fears about protectionism and commercial agreements all over the world.

Britain behaved to prevent the Chinese company that owns the factory, in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnchy, from closing two smelting ovens, which could have closed the factory, cost 2700 jobs and left Britain dependent on other countries of what it considers strategically important commodity.

Non -fruitful government negotiations with the company, which Refuse To stay open, accusations of bad faith and even rumors of sabotage of the Chinese owner, who was rejected by British officials. But they are wondering whether other Chinese companies should be allowed to invest in sensitive industries.

“We must be clear about the type of sector as we can actually promote and cooperate, frankly, where we cannot,” Jonathan Reynolds, Minister of Business, told Sky News on Sunday. “I will not personally bring a Chinese company to our steel sector.”

Mr. Reynolds said that the Chinese company, Jenji, rejected the request for biomedes, knowing that this will lead to the closure of the factory, the last large product in Britain for crude steel, used in construction projects.

On Monday, the government said it was confident that it had obtained the raw materials needed to preserve the burning ovens, through two ships carrying iron ore and coke. But it was left with a company that loses 700,000 pounds, or 922,000 dollars, a day.

On Monday, China warned Britain against politicizing the conflict. Lin Jian, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said that the government should “refrain from transforming economic and trade cooperation into political and security issues, fearing that the confidence of Chinese companies will undermine.”

The conflict comes in a embarrassing moment for the government of Mr. Starmer. It has begun to improve the relationship that has fallen in recent years due to China’s campaign in Hong Kong and the allegations of Chinese electronic attacks that have been voting records of tens of millions of people.

Whatever the government’s concerns about the human rights record in China or the security threat it may pose, it looks at better trade relations with China as an important component in Britain’s economic growth and hedging against the Trump administration’s protection policies.

“The question is whether the ministers want to see it as it is or prefer to reduce it in order not to increase the tension between the United Kingdom and China at a turbulent time,” said Steve Tesang, Director of the Institute of Service in London. “I think the balance is that the ministers will choose the last session.”

The Treasury Adviser, Rachel Reeves, traveled to Beijing in January to install the Chinese investment. After returning with only 600 million pounds, she endured that it was about 600 million pounds, or about 791 million dollars, in obligations, but it was a clear sign of the new approach to the government.

Last week, Defense Chief of Defense, Admiral Tony Radakin, the Supreme Officer of the British Armed Forces, traveled to Beijing to attend meetings with Chinese officials to enhance military communication to the military. He also delivered a speech at the National Defense University of the People’s Liberation Army in Beijing.

These visits almost remember the days of David Cameron, the conservative Prime Minister who announced a “golden age” of economic relations between Britain and China. In 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping took a domain in a pub in the sixteenth century. By 2020, relations were strained, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson Huawei, the Chinese communications giant, remained from 5G in Britain.

Even the middle of the last exchanges, there were bumps. Last week, Hong Kong officials denied entry into a liberal democratic member in Parliament, Wira Hophus. She is a member of the alliance between Parliament on China, who criticized the threat of freedom of expression in Hong Kong. The move of China, the Minister of Commerce, Douglas Alexander, came on a visit to the city.

“I think the government will look at it as inconvenience,” said Luke de Bulford, Executive Director of the Parliament’s Alliance, on the conflict over the steel factory. “For a long time, there was a doctrine in the cabinet that China would save the British economy.”

But the government is facing another accurate decision: whether to agree to China’s plans to build a new sprawling embassy next to the financial neighborhood of London. The residents and other critics opposed it, saying that its proximity to the main banks and brokerage firms could facilitate spy.

“I know it is a diplomatic priority for the Chinese,” said Mr. De Bulford, noting that Mr. Shi has raised him with Mr. Starmer.