Interministerial Group for Trade communiqué: 25 May 2023
Published 25 May 2023
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The Trade Interministerial Group met on 25 May 2023 via video conference. The meeting was chaired by the Minister for International Trade, the Rt Hon Nigel Huddleston MP (UK government).
Attendees
The attending ministers were as follows.
From the UK government
Dr James Davies MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales.
From the Scottish Government
Richard Lochhead MSP, Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade.
From the Welsh Government
Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for the Economy.
In the absence of ministers, the Northern Ireland Executive were represented at official level.
What was discussed
Ministers discussed the opportunities arising from the establishment of the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), 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.