{"id":138890,"date":"2021-09-15T17:11:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T17:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=138890"},"modified":"2021-09-15T17:11:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T17:11:35","slug":"uk-foreign-secretary-demoted-over-afghanistan-evacuation-top-australian-ally-promoted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/uk-foreign-secretary-demoted-over-afghanistan-evacuation-top-australian-ally-promoted\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Foreign Secretary demoted over Afghanistan evacuation, top Australian ally promoted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>London:<\/strong> Britain\u2019s Foreign Secretary has been demoted over his handling of the Afghanistan evacuation crisis and replaced in the prestigious post by one of Australia\u2019s top allies.<\/p>\n<p>Dominic Raab, who remained on holiday in the Greek islands as the Taliban swept into Kabul, was the biggest casualty of a cabinet reshuffle Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes will reset his flagging government.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.269%2C$multiply_0.3541%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_8\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/617889d311bcc403be96c3c5e60ad64b1f4c4331\" height=\"212\" width=\"375\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Dominic Raab has been demoted following controversy over the Afghanistan evacuation.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit:<\/span>Bloomberg<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>Raab will be replaced as the third most senior minister by Liz Truss, whose post-Brexit work as International Trade Secretary has seen her popularity surge with Tory voters to the extent she is now seen as a potential future alternative to Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>Truss was in charge of negotiating a new free trade agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom and stared down a push by protectionist forces within her party to water down the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>She has a close personal friendship with Australia\u2019s High Commissioner to Australia, George Brandis, and a good working relationship with former trade minister Simon Birmingham and Prime Minister Scott Morrison.<\/p>\n<p>Brandis said Truss took on the role as the two nations deepened co-operation on the economy and security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiz is a champion for the values we cherish, and Australia is delighted to see her take on this critical role at an important moment in our bilateral relationship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has been a great friend of Australia during our free trade agreement negotiations. We warmly congratulate her on her new appointment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.186%2C$multiply_0.3541%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_6\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/d213e80c2611c641bd31fa76434e8fcd412fff90\" height=\"212\" width=\"375\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Britain\u2019s new Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is one of Australia\u2019s closest supporters in cabinet.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit:<\/span>AP<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>Raab was demoted to the more junior Justice Secretary post during Wednesday\u2019s reshuffle but was also named Deputy Prime Minister in a bid to save face. The Deputy Prime Minister title is rarely used in Britain and confers the holder no real constitutional powers.<\/p>\n<p>Only four other people have ever been formally appointed Deputy Prime Minister: Geoffrey Howe, Michael Heseltine, John Prescott and Nick Clegg.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson had faced calls to sack Raab after he went on holiday in Crete as the Taliban advanced on Kabul but initially stood by him.<\/p>\n<p>Raab denied the holiday interfered with the evacuation of Afghans, British citizens and interpreters.<\/p>\n<p>Gaffe-prone Gavin Williamson was also sacked as Education Secretary on Wednesday, as was Justice Minister Robert Buckland and Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick.<\/p>\n<p>Truss had called for the world to \u201cget tough with China\u201d and has said the World Trade Organisation should refuse to treat China as a developed country, a status it currently enjoys.<\/p>\n<p>She has argued that China benefits from exceptions to the rules that were made decades ago and no longer reflect its status as an economic superpower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WTO was established when China was 10 per cent of the size of the US economy,\u201d she told the <em>Financial Times<\/em> in an interview earlier this year. \u201cIt is ludicrous that it is still self-designating as a developing country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Truss said some of China\u2019s behaviour has contributed to an erosion of trust in the global trade system and urged other countries to clamp down on what it sees as unfair subsidies for state-owned enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the time to get tough on China and their behaviour in the global trading system,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The relationship between Truss and Australia temporarily strained in April when a member of her department told a British newspaper that Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan was \u201cinexperienced\u201d on the eve of his arrival to London for free trade talks. The unnamed official said Truss planned to sit Tehan \u201cin an uncomfortable chair, so he has to deal with her directly for nine hours\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The fallout subsided and an in-principle trade deal was signed by Johnson and Morrison in June.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With Reuters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Get a note direct from our foreign <\/i><\/b><b><i>correspondents <\/i><\/b><b><i>on what\u2019s making headlines around the world. <\/i><\/b><b><i>Sign up for the weekly What in the World newsletter here<\/i><\/b><b><i>. <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Most Viewed in World<\/h2>\n<h3>From our partners<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/world\/europe\/uk-foreign-secretary-demoted-over-afghanistan-evacuation-top-australian-ally-promoted-20210916-p58s03.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London: Britain\u2019s Foreign Secretary has been demoted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":138889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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