Following Leadership Change, UK Officials Test Waters on Future Trade Deals

July 21, 2016

The new government of UK Prime Minister Theresa May has begun exploring possible options for trade deals with third countries, officials say, though the process to formally launch exit negotiations with the EU has not yet been set in motion.

 

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Topics: REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS (RTAS)

Regions: AUSTRALIA UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES EUROPEAN UNION (EU)

Authors: INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (ICTSD)

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