Interministerial Group for Trade communiqué: 16 April 2024
Published 16 April 2024
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The Trade Interministerial Group met on 16 April 2024 via video conference. The meeting was chaired by Minister of State for Trade Policy and Minister for London, the Rt Hon Greg Hands MP (UK government).
Attendees
The attending ministers were as follows.
From the UK government
Lord Donald Cameron of Lochiel, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland, The Rt Hon Fay Jones MP, Secretary of State for Wales, and the Rt Hon Steve Baker MP, Minister of State for Northern Ireland.
From the Welsh Government
Jeremy Miles MS, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy, and Welsh Language.
From the Northern Ireland Executive
Conor Murphy MLA, Minister for the Economy.
Ministers from the Scottish Government were obliged to send apologies and were represented by officials.
What was discussed
Ministers discussed the ongoing negotiations and engagements with bilateral and multilateral trading partners. Minister Hands, with support from relevant chief and deputy chief negotiators, led discussions of the ongoing trade policy work in relation to:
- outcomes of the recent 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13)
- the UK-India free trade agreement (FTA)
- the UK-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) FTA
Ministers agreed to reconvene quarterly.