International Trade Secretary Liam Fox draws up list of 50 nations for post-Brexit trade deals
He has plans for another 200 possible trade partners
LIAM Fox has drawn up a target list of more than 50 countries for new trade deals post-Brexit.
And the International Trade Secretary added that he is drawing up further plans for more than 200 new high value exports targets.
Dr Fox said last night: “We are world-leaders in many sectors such as financial services and technology.
“My department has already identified more than 50 countries that could benefit from British expertise and we are continuing work on exploring more export opportunities with other nations.
“We have a real opportunity to build on this country’s wide range of successful exports, reach out to new markets and help more businesses achieve their exporting potential.”
The target list includes new ventures in Kenya, Brazil, China and India in the coming decade.
The Government hopes to boost whisky sales around the world and export Air Traffic Control technology to Latin America.
The business boast came as a new poll showed six in ten voters think the PM is making a mess of Brexit.
The YouGov survey found the proportion believing the Government is doing badly in negotiating the UK’s exit from the European Union has risen from 57 per cent.
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Meanwhile the number thinking the issue is being handled well has remained at 20 per cent.
And despite claims from “Remoaners” there was no shift in opinion on whether Britain should quit the EU.
Numbers expecting the UK to be worse-off financially as a result of Brexit declined from 41 to 37 per cent over the past month.
And the proportion who said Brexit would be bad for jobs fell from 36 to 32 per cent.
Disapproval of Mrs May’s handling of Brexit does not appear to have dented her overall support, with 47% naming her as best option for best PM.
Last night Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon hinted that she could shelve plans for a second Scottish Independence referendum if the UK stays in the Single Market.
But Ms Sturgeon later tweeted it was a “reasonable assessment” that a second Scottish vote currently appeared more likely than a so called “soft Brexit”, but said the ball was in the PM’s court.