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Truss, who is in charge of building new trade links around the
world following Britain's exit from the European Union, will
look to build consensus among trade ministers at the meeting
that "cheats and bad actors" on free trade must be dealt with.
"We want action on subsidies and state-owned enterprises, which
can undermine genuine free trade and have to stop being used
unfairly - That means being more consistent in enforcing our
current system, and bringing in new rules," Truss will say,
according to advance extracts of her speech.
Relations between Britain and China have cooled in recent years,
from heavily courting Chinese investment in British
infrastructure in 2015 to banning the telecoms firm Huawei from
parts of its communications network and tightening rules on
foreign investment over national security concerns.
Truss, due to speak at around 1600 GMT, will repeat calls for
World Trade Organisation reform, saying its dispute resolution
system must be upgraded and take tougher action "so the biggest
countries cannot dominate smaller members".
Having quit the EU's political and economic union and negotiated
only a limited free trade agreement in its place, Britain is
looking around the world for new markets and to carve out a role
for itself as a leading advocate of free trade.
Britain is expected to shortly submit a formal application to
join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for
Trans-Pacific Partnership - a trading bloc of 11 nations around
the Pacific rim including Japan, Canada and Australia.
(Reporting by William James; editing by Michael Holden and Sarah
Young)
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