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UK applies to join huge Pacific free trade area CPTPP

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The UK is formally applying to join one of the world’s largest free-trade areas, deepening trade ties with some of the fastest-growing markets in the world

Liz Truss

UK and Turkey sign trade deal

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The UK and Turkey have locked in tariff-free trading arrangements, which will support our trading relationship worth £18.6 billion in 2019, and committed to working towards a more ambitious trade agreement in the future.

Call between Turkey and the UK

The UK welcomes the Ottawa Group’s Trade and Health Initiative

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A statement from the International Trade Secretary Liz Truss welcoming the Ottawa Group’s Trade and Health Initiative.

Flight paths from the UK to the world

HMG suspends import tariffs on Covid-19 products to fight virus

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Tariffs suspended on a wide range of goods in the fight against Covid-19 including face masks, gloves and other protective equipment.

Flight paths from the UK to the rest of the world

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The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP
The Rt Hon Greg Hands MP
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt

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Graham Stuart MP
Ranil Jayawardena MP
Kemi Badenoch MP
Baroness Berridge of The Vale of Catmose

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Crawford Falconer
Second Permanent Secretary and Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser
Andrew Mitchell CMG
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Joanna Crellin CMG
Director General, Trade Relations and Implementation
Catherine Vaughan
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Louis Taylor
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Dr Dambisa Moyo
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Dominic Johnson CBE
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