UK-EU Trade

Part of Business and Trade – in the House of Commons at on 5 September 2024.

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Photo of Douglas Alexander Douglas Alexander Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

I thank my hon. Friend for her question and her observation on the character of trade in recent years. There has been better performance on services than on goods, but she is absolutely right to recognise the fall in goods trade with the European Union. Overall trade since 2018 has essentially flatlined. That is why the Government are determined to reset our relationship with the European Union more broadly. Within that broader objective, we will look specifically at the border in order to achieve less friction for trade.