Working for free trade

Businesses and consumers in the UK are buying and selling goods and services in ever more diverse and distant markets as globalisation increases. Trade is vital for a country’s prosperity, economic growth and the creation of jobs. This applies equally to poorer developing countries as to wealthy industrialised countries such as the UK.In the UK and the rest of the European Union (EU) exports now account for more than a quarter of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Many developing countries are also working to increase and…