Written Question
Tuesday 31st July 2018
Asked by:
Richard Graham (Conservative - Gloucester)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he plans to allocate more departmental resources to South East Asia in order to increase trading opportunities in that region.
Answered by Graham Stuart
We are looking at doing more to support UK businesses in high growth markets, including regular government-to-government dialogues in trade and investment and supporting trade reviews to identify key market access barriers in parts of Southeast Asia.
In February DIT established the first UK Export Finance post in Indonesia to improve access for UK businesses to trade finance. More recently we have appointed a new commercial cyber envoy in Singapore, and three new trade policy posts in Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia, jointly funded by DIT and FCO.
We have recently appointed Natalie Black as HM Trade Commissioner to Asia Pacific. Natalie will be based in Singapore and will be personally responsible for delivering our regional trade plan and overseeing this work in Southeast Asia.
Written Question
Tuesday 31st July 2018
Asked by:
Richard Graham (Conservative - Gloucester)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he plans to allocate more departmental resources to South East Asia in order to increase trading opportunities in that region.
Answered by Graham Stuart
We are looking at doing more to support UK businesses in high growth markets, including regular government-to-government dialogues in trade and investment and supporting trade reviews to identify key market access barriers in parts of Southeast Asia.
In February DIT established the first UK Export Finance post in Indonesia to improve access for UK businesses to trade finance. More recently we have appointed a new commercial cyber envoy in Singapore, and three new trade policy posts in Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia, jointly funded by DIT and FCO.
We have recently appointed Natalie Black as HM Trade Commissioner to Asia Pacific. Natalie will be based in Singapore and will be personally responsible for delivering our regional trade plan and overseeing this work in Southeast Asia.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jul 2018
Trade Bill
"Thank you, Mr Speaker. I welcome the Minister’s announcement that today’s debate is about continuity and transparency, but the truth is that it is laced with a cocktail of amendments with very different agendas. The two most popular agendas represent attempts to lock us into either the or a customs …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jul 2018
Trade Bill
"Thank you, Mr Speaker. If the hon. Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies) had waited but two seconds, he would have realised that I was precisely there with my third illustration of today’s agendas: the attempts to avoid free trade agreements altogether, of which new clause 3 is the most …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Jun 2018
EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
"Today we celebrate an important agreement with a long-standing and close ally and, more widely, a further landmark for free trade and a commitment to closer relations with Asia. I congratulate the new Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Meon Valley (George Hollingbery), on both his elevation and the …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jun 2018
US Steel and Aluminium Tariffs
"When there was a sharp exchange on trade between China and the US recently, it was resolved surprisingly quickly. Does my right hon. Friend see that there are possibilities for a similarly swift resolution to this? If there are not, how confident is he that our voice in the EU …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Jul 2017
Exiting the European Union and Global Trade
"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Lincoln (Ms Lee). I congratulate her on her passionate maiden speech. Many of us will also remember her predecessor fondly.
This debate is at the heart of the challenge for us all in this Parliament, for although leaving the EU …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Jul 2017
Exiting the European Union and Global Trade
"I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. I am not going to talk too much today about the differences between, and indeed the closeness of, Hong Kong and China.
Our exports to China doubled between 2010 and 2016, but they are very dependent on the success of a handful …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Jul 2017
Exiting the European Union and Global Trade
"Yes. The hon. Lady is absolutely right in general. I was going to touch on the importance of education as one of our high-growth exports, and that has to be innovation-led. FinTech, but also lots of other techs, is an area where we can do much more. She is right …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 22 Feb 2017
Commonwealth: Trade
"I join others in saluting my hon. Friend for securing the debate. Does he agree that the opportunity is not either for trade with Europe or with the rest of the world, but to do both better in a new context? Does he also agree that next month’s meeting of …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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