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Interministerial Group for Trade communiqué: 29 November 2023

Published 29 November 2023

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The Trade Interministerial Group met on 29 November 2023 via video conference. The meeting was chaired by the 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

Fay Jones MP, Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade, and Steve Baker MP, Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office.

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 ongoing negotiations and ministerial 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:

  • the UK’s preparations for the upcoming 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13)
  • the UK-India free trade agreement (FTA)
  • the UK’s US States trade memorandum of understanding programme
  • the UK’s delivery of trade initiatives outlined in the Atlantic Declaration

Ministers agreed to reconvene quarterly.

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