Debates between Anthony Browne and Stuart Anderson during the 2019 Parliament

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Debate between Anthony Browne and Stuart Anderson
Thursday 23rd January 2020

(4 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Anthony Browne Portrait Anthony Browne (South Cambridgeshire) (Con)
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1. What steps her Department is taking to promote global free trade.

Stuart Anderson Portrait Stuart Anderson (Wolverhampton South West) (Con)
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10. What steps her Department is taking to promote global free trade.

Elizabeth Truss Portrait The Secretary of State for International Trade (Elizabeth Truss)
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As we leave the European Union, we have a huge opportunity to be a liberalising force for trade in the world. We aim to secure agreements with countries accounting for 80% of UK trade within three years of leaving the EU, and as we take up our independent seat at the World Trade Organisation we will be a champion of global free trade.