Rutland and Melton MP Alicia Kearns welcomed today’s launch of 11 new trade advisory groups (TAGS), as part of a major new business engagement drive designed to support the UK’s ambitious trade negotiations.
As talks with Japan, the US, Australia and New Zealand intensify, the Trade Secretary is stepping up engagement with key industries across Britain, including farming and manufacturing.
The new groups are comprised of the best and brightest businesses people from all parts of Britain, from whisky distillers in Scotland to car manufacturers in the Midlands, as part of DIT’s efforts to ensure trade deals benefit all regions and devolved administrations.
Their advice will be used to help inform the Government’s negotiating position and deliver key industry asks that benefit the whole UK including cutting tariffs on products like beef, and agreeing cutting-edge digital trade rules.
Rutland and Melton MP, Alicia Kearns, said:
“It is right that the Government is bringing our wonderful agriculture and food businesses closer to the negotiating table as we enter the crucial latter stages of trade negotiations with important partners.
“I am confident that the technical and strategic expertise of the industry will help us strike deals that benefit us locally and across the country, so we can better rebuild from the pandemic.”
