Trade with European Countries

Part of business and Trade – in the House of Commons at on 9 February 2023.

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Photo of Nigel Huddleston Nigel Huddleston Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

My right hon. Friend makes a perfectly good point. Our agreement with the EU is one of the most thorough and comprehensive trade agreements, but we need to work further. We are constantly looking at opportunities—country by country, industry subsector by subsector—to open up more trade by reducing the barriers. These are barriers that also existed when we were in the EU.