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Interministerial Group for Trade Communiqué: 25 May 2023

Updated 4 September 2024

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The Interministerial Group (Trade) met 25 May 2023 via video conference. The meeting was chaired by the Minister for International Trade, the Rt Hon Nigel Huddleston MP.

The other attending ministers were:

  • from the Scottish Government: Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade, Richard Lochhead MSP
  • from the Welsh Government: Minister for the Economy, Vaughan Gething MS
  • from the UK government: Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales, Dr James Davies MP

In the absence of ministers the Northern Ireland Executive were represented at official level.

Ministers discussed the opportunities arising from the establishment of the Department for Business and Trade, and from the agreement of the Windsor Framework.

Minister Huddleston, with support from relevant Chief and Deputy Chief Negotiators, led discussions of the ongoing negotiations for:

  • the UK-India free trade agreement (FTA)
  • the UK-Canada FTA
  • memoranda of understanding with US States

Ministers agreed to reconvene quarterly.

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