International Trade Secretary, Liz Truss, appoints Jonathan Knott as a new HM Trade Commissioner (HMTC)
As the UK announces its intention to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), International Trade Secretary Liz Truss, appoints Jonathan Knott as the new HMTC for Latin America and the Caribbean region, to champion British trade with important economic partners in the region.
As HMTC for the LATAC region and Consul General São Paulo, Jonathan will look to grow trade and investment between the UK and Latin America and the Caribbean, as the UK moves forward with its new independent trade policy. Joining CPTPP would see the UK deepen its access to fast-growing markets and major economies including Mexico, Chile and Peru.
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New Trade Commissioner for LATAC announced
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Speaking in The New European, Irish politician Neale Richmond has said: Britain s loss of easy access to the single market is now potentially a gain for Ireland. We need to aggressively pursue opportunities for Irish producers to replace British suppliers in EU market places.
The Irish TD warned that Brexit had created a major shift for Irish business. He maintained that there has been a move away from the use of the UK landbridge to move goods to continental Europe . Mr Richmond: Though there was huge relief in the securing of an eleventh-hour trade agreement between the UK and the EU on Christmas Eve, avoiding tariffs on our exports to the UK, the seamless Ireland-UK trade we once knew is a thing of the past.