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🇬🇧🇳🇿 We're making good progress with New Zealand, with round 6 of trade talks starting today.
I am pushing UK interests on a deal that:
✅ Is fundamentally liberalising and cuts tariffs on exports
📈 Boosts access for 🇬🇧 service providers
🌏 Paves the way for us to join #CPTPP
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Heading to Edinburgh this morning as part of a two-day visit to #Scotland 🏴 🇬🇧
I will be speaking with local businesses about how we can promote Scottish exports & investment with @ScotSecofSate 🌍
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🥃 The Scotch whisky industry supports over 40,000 jobs in the UK 🇬🇧🏴
Yesterday @ScotSecofState and I visited @clydesidewhisky in Glasgow to discuss how the removal of US tariffs on Scotch will boost exports and support thousands of livelihoods.
Trade = jobs
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Seeing Type 26 frigates under construction at @BAES_Maritime Govan, Glasgow Shipyard 🚢 where 3,000 people work.
Our trade deals with 🇳🇴 🇳🇿 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 will increase export opportunities for these vessels and associated services.
Huge opportunities in the pipeline.
Trade = jobs
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🇬🇧🏴 Last night I hosted a ‘Made in Britain’ event in Glasgow showcasing Scottish exports & discussing:
🌍 Boosting export-related jobs, that pay more and are more productive
🌎 Opportunities our trade deals are creating for 🏴
🌎 Our new UK Trade & Investment office in Scotland
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Watch our new exports video:
Made in Britain, Sold to the World
Driving exports-led growth 🇬🇧🌎👇
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🇬🇧🇦🇺 Our zero-tariff trade deal with Australia will mean lower prices and more choice for Aussie wine lovers here in Britain.
🍷 A third of all Australian wine exports are sold in the UK
🍷 We imported £290m of Australian wine last year
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
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🇬🇧🇳🇿We've made great progress in Round 6 of trade talks with New Zealand.
Our modern partnership will:
🌳 Go further in green & digital trade
🌏 Promote our shared values
📈 Be an important step towards joining CPTPP
Read my OpEd in the @Daily_Express 👇
express.co.uk/news/politics/…
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🇬🇧🌍 Today we’ve become a dialogue partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
This will deepen economic ties with some of the world’s fastest growing economies and help drive:
✅ Economic growth
✅ Job creation
✅ Trade
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Fantastic news that 54 new Export Champions are joining @tradegovuk, we now have 400+ who encourage companies to:
🌍 Help more businesses grow through exporting
💷 Drive an export-led recovery for higher wages and jobs
Trade = growth = jobs
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
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A UK-New Zealand trade deal will benefit exporters and consumers 🇬🇧🇳🇿
Benefits could include:
🍫Tariff free trade on British goods
🍷Lower costs on New Zealand products
🌏 Increasing our £2.3bn trading relationship
Read more👇
express.co.uk/news/politics/…
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Delighted we have appointed cricket legend @BeefyBotham as our new trade envoy to Australia 🇬🇧🇦🇺
Ian will bat for 🇬🇧 business Down Under and help them seize the opportunities created by our historic trade deal.
He’ll do a brilliant job👇
the-sun.com/sport/3521796/…
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NEW: We’ve appointed 10 Trade Envoys to promote 🇬🇧 exports & investment
@BeefyBotham 🇦🇺
@CatharineHoey 🇬🇭@stephenctimms 🇨🇭🇱🇮@DavidMundellDCT 🇳🇿@mark4dewsbury 🇵🇰@marcolonghi4dn 🇧🇷@ConorBurnsUK 🇨🇦
@LordWalney🇹🇿@FelicityBuchan 🇮🇸🇳🇴@J_Donaldson_MP 🇨🇲
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Delighted that Her Majesty The Queen will host investors at Windsor Castle following the Global Investment Summit in October 🇬🇧🌍
The summit will attract investment into key industries like tech, science and climate and help support jobs across the UK 👇
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🇬🇧🇲🇽Great news: Mexico has opened its market to British pork for the first time.
This is a major win for British farmers with the industry estimating a £50 million boost in trade over the first five years.
Read more👇
gov.uk/government/new…
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Top visit to @TheGlenmorangie Scotch Whisky Bottling Facility🥃🇬🇧🏴
We talked about how @tradegovuk is working to reduce tariffs on Scotch Whisky through trade agreements across the world:
👉 Australia 🇦🇺
👉 India 🇮🇳
👉 CPTPP
Supporting 40,000 jobs across the UK
#trade=jobs
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🇬🇧🇮🇳 Today @PiyushGoyal & I launched trade working groups to lay the groundwork for our forthcoming UK-India trade deal, which will:
✅ Boost access to more than a billion consumers
✅ Bolster our science & tech industries
✅ Support jobs in both countries
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🇬🇧 Today @Policy_Exchange, I will set out the next phase of the UK's trade strategy.
By moving from defence to offence, the UK is:
🌍Seizing the opportunities ahead
💷Enabling UK businesses to become more competitive
📈Boosting jobs & growth
policyexchange.org.uk/pxevents/brita…
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🇬🇧Today @Policy_Exchange I set out the next phase of Britain’s trade strategy, calling on businesses to export more of their quality goods & services overseas.
To seize the opportunities of tomorrow, we need to make exporting the norm for 🇬🇧 business👇
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Delighted to be appointed Foreign Secretary and lead @FCDOGovUK
Looking forward to:
🌎 Working with allies to tackle the greatest global challenges
🌎 Promoting a positive, outward-looking #GlobalBritain
🌎 Ensuring our foreign policy delivers for people across 🇬🇧
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Today’s landmark 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇦🇺 security partnership reflects the UK’s commitment to deepening ties in the Indo-Pacific. We will work together to promote stability in a region that will become ever more important for the UK’s prosperity and security👇
gov.uk/government/new…
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🇬🇧 is committed to a strong and prosperous future for the Commonwealth.
On my first day as Foreign Secretary, I chaired a meeting of Commonwealth Foreign Ministers to discuss vital issues we face:
🤝 boosting trade
💉 building back better from Covid
🌎 tackling climate change
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Great to see @IKRPresident Nechirvan Barzani in London. I reassured him of 🇬🇧’s continued commitment to:
🤝 The @coalition in Iraq & the stability of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
🗳️ The upcoming Iraqi elections
📈 Growing UK-KRI trade
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Great to meet His Highness Crown Prince @MohamedBinZayed
🇬🇧🇦🇪 We celebrated Partnership for the Future, inc. £10bn UAE investment across the UK
🤝 Looked forward to closer trade ties
🌍 Discussed working together on @UN Security Council
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. MP for South West Norfolk.