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26/07/2018
New Strategic Trade Advisory Group To Be Established
The Department for International Trade (DIT) has announced that its plan to establish a Strategic Trade Advisory Group to advise the government on trade policy and negotiations.
The group will be made up of 14 core members: a business organisation; a regional business; an SME; a new entrant business; a Scottish business; a Welsh business; a Northern Irish business; a Think Tank; an academic organisation; consumers (2); a development organisation; a non-government organisation (NGO); and a trade union.
These experts will have an interest in trade deals and their impact on the UK - from the workplace to consumer choice and the environment.
The group will meet quarterly, and have direct access to trade ministers and UK negotiators.
The group is now open for expressions of interest with a closing date of 17 August 2018.
Further details and an application form are available here: STAG Expressions of Interest.
(MH)
The group will be made up of 14 core members: a business organisation; a regional business; an SME; a new entrant business; a Scottish business; a Welsh business; a Northern Irish business; a Think Tank; an academic organisation; consumers (2); a development organisation; a non-government organisation (NGO); and a trade union.
These experts will have an interest in trade deals and their impact on the UK - from the workplace to consumer choice and the environment.
The group will meet quarterly, and have direct access to trade ministers and UK negotiators.
The group is now open for expressions of interest with a closing date of 17 August 2018.
Further details and an application form are available here: STAG Expressions of Interest.
(MH)
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