Interministerial Group for Trade communiqu茅: 22 January 2025
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皇冠体育app Trade Interministerial Group met on 22 January 2025 via video conference. 皇冠体育app meeting was chaired by Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security, the Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP (UK government).
Attendees
皇冠体育app attending ministers were as follows.
From the UK government
皇冠体育app Rt Hon Ian Murray MP, Secretary of State for Scotland, 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP, Secretary of State for Wales, and the Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
From the Scottish Government
Richard Lochhead MSP, Minister for Business.
From the Welsh Government
Rebecca Evans MS, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy, and Planning.
From the Northern Ireland Executive
Conor Murphy MLA, Minister for the Economy.
聽What was discussed
Ministers discussed the UK government鈥檚 current trade priorities and the ongoing work creating a UK Trade Strategy.
Ministers discussed:聽聽
- the UK鈥檚 trade relationship with the EU
- the UK鈥檚 trade relationship with USA
- current standings of the free trade agreement (FTA) programme
- progress of the UK鈥檚 Trade Strategy
Ministers agreed to reconvene quarterly.