Baroness Fairhead sets out what the government's new Export Strategy means for businesses willing and able to trade.
Expanding trade is fundamental to creating new jobs, raising productivity and increasing prosperity across the country. And in August, the government launched its new Export Strategy – a timely signal that it is committed to improving the UK’s international competitiveness.
When the success of the strategy will depend on its execution – and businesses doing the legwork – we asked Baroness Fairhead, Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion at the Department for International Trade, to talk us through the government’s ambitions and the support being put in place.
Q. How is this Export Strategy different from what has gone before?
A. The Export Strategy is the start of a genuinely new collaboration between government and business, as we establish an independent trade policy for the first time in more than four decades.
It has been developed with businesses and designed for companies both large and small. The new framework will enhance our ability to help businesses meet
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