Findings

The Trade Unwrapped inquiry is ongoing and will continue to produce findings and recommendations. The voices we’ve heard so far have shown that trade is a powerful tool through which we can set out our nation’s values, our place in the world, and work to build the kind of country we want to live in, now and in the future.

We have found that clear policy goals are essential to establish a modern approach to trade and we make recommendations for appropriate governance structures and principles to support UK trade decisions.

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Evidence gathered throughout Trade Unwrapped points to two key recommendations:

  1. Strengthen trade governance for the new arrangements

    • Proper Parliamentary scrutiny

    • Coherence across government

    • Joining up state and non-state

    • Platforms for dialogue

  2. Establish guiding principles for modern trade policy

    • International leadership through the WTO, COP26 and G7 Presidency

    • International relationships

Find out more in the briefing Trade for for the future? below:

Trade fit for the future?

This briefing sets out the findings from the Trade Unwrapped inquiry so far, and points to the importance of considering broad perspectives as the UK makes decisions about future trading relationships.

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