Businesses to receive support to develop trade links around
the world from a new taskforce. The newly appointed HM
Trade Commissioner network will support the board’s
advisers acting as a bridge to business in their regions,
ensuring UK companies have a competitive advantage by
providing support and local market knowledge.
Speaking in Coventry today (Thursday 6 September),
will launch the new
taskforce to accelerate the government’s Global Britain
agenda, building on the Prime Minister’s recent visit to
Africa.
The taskforce, part of the Board of Trade, will seek to
guarantee the UK’s status as a prominent champion of free
trade, leading the world in the way the UK partners with
developing countries to alleviate poverty, support
development and deliver jobs, growth and prosperity.
The taskforce will meet throughout the year and will be
supported by HM Trade Commissioners across the world.
International Trade Secretary and President of the Board of
Trade MP said:
Championing free trade and supporting developing nations
through trade is in the UK’s interest. The prosperity
created by free trade is the basis for social stability,
which in turn provides the political stability which
underpins our global security.
Prosperity, stability and global security are the prizes
for a strong, rules-based international trading system,
and that is what the UK seeks to create.
My international economic department is working hard to
drive the Global Britain agenda, and this taskforce will
ensure the Board of Trade makes a real impact around the
world.
