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Brexit: Trade Secretary Tells World Trade Organization, ‘Britain Is Back'
[Breitbart] International trade secretary Liz Truss has declared at the World Trade Organization that "Britain is back", vowing to help reform the body.The Secretary of State for International Trade was the first British minister to address the WTO’s General Council since leaving the EU, with Brexit Britain taking a seat as an independent nation in her own right at the council for the first time in early February. Ms Truss told the WTO on Tuesday that countries must work together to reform the body, criticising unfair trading practices, protectionism, "industrial subsidies, state-owned enterprises and forced technology transfer". Speaking in Geneva, Switzerland, she told the other 164 ambassadors from around the world that the UK’s vision is to update the WTO rulebook to tackle unfair practices, ensure the organisation works for all nations by "seeking a fairer deal for developing countries", and push back against protectionism. "The UK will, like every other sovereign country, assert its ability to set its own laws and regulations in line with our WTO commitments, reflecting our own circumstances and ideas, while working tirelessly alongside other WTO Members to drive reform," the international trade secretary said. Posted by: Besoeker 2020-03-05 |
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