China and the United Kingdom have signed trade deals worth £14 billion during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to London, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday.
British officials held talks with the Chinese premier who was in London as part of the annual UK-China summit.
The thrust of the meetings was to increase British-Chinese trade, which increased by 8 percent in 2013.
Downing Street said that David Cameron would attempt to secure a breakthrough in the 30-year-long ban on British beef and lamb exports to China, in a deal which could be worth up to £120 million to the UK economy.
Restrictions were placed on British meat in the 1980s following a mad cow disease outbreak.
At a joint press conference with Li Keqiang, Cameron said that both leaders discussed the rise of extremism in Iraq.
Cameron said, "No-one should be in any doubt that what we see in Syria and now in Iraq in terms of ISIL is the most serious threat to Britain's security that there is today."
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