UK technology secretary has dismissed US government’s misgivings over proposed Chinese ‘super embassy’ close to the financial hub in London.

The Trump administration has urged Downing Street to block the proposed development close to London financial centres amid fears that it will be used to tap into commercial information.

It is the latest warning to be presented to ministers about the site at Royal Mint Court, close to the Tower of London, which is near a sensitive hub of essential communication cables.

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said the UK would offer a ‘fulsome response’ to any security concerns raised. ‘These issues will be taken care of assiduously in the planning process.

The suggested site is also situated between several major financial hubs in Canary Wharf and the City as well as three crucial data centres.

It is understood US President Donald Trump has warned Sir Keir Starmer against giving the embassy the go-ahead. 

A senior US official is quoted to have said: ‘The United States is deeply concerned about providing China with potential access to the sensitive communications of one of our closest allies.’

It comes after claims ‘dark cabling’ running beneath the proposed site ‘feeds the City of London’ were given in a memo to the United States’ National Security Council by members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (Ipac). 

The proposal for the embassy, which would be China’s largest in Europe, was previously rejected by Tower Hamlets council in 2022 but two weeks after Chancellor Rachel Reeves came back from a visit to China earlier this year, both the council’s and Scotland Yard’s objections were dropped.

Next week, three of aides to President Trump are scheduled to meet with their Chinese peers in London for discussions in a bid to solve the current trade war between the two economic powerhouses. 

A Chinese embassy spokesperson has quashed spy allegations, stating:  ‘Anti-China elements are always keen on slandering and attacking China.’

A government spokesman said: ‘Applications for a new Chinese embassy in Tower Hamlets have been called in for ministers to decide. A final decision will be made in due course.’