Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security) at the Department for Business and Trade

Organisations: Department for Business and Trade and Cabinet Office

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

  • trade strategy 
  • free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations
  • UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) Implementation
  • Digital Trade Agreements
  • UK Conformity Assessment (UKCA)
  • Mutual Recognition Agreements
  • Windsor Framework
  • investor treaties and disputes
  • investor screening
  • UK Internal Market 
  • trade defence
  • bilateral trade relations
  • World Trade Organization (WTO), G7, G20, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Commonwealth
  • trade remedies
  • tariffs and disputes 
  • global supply chains
  • economic security
  • Export Control Joint Unit
  • sanctions

The Minister of State is responsible for the following public bodies:

  • Trade Remedies Authority

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP

    2024 to 2025