Theresa May will launch a global trade blitz to find Britain lucrative new markets in plan for life after Brexit
THERESA May will launch a Brexit trade blitz this week to find lucrative new markets for after Britain leaves the EU.
She will despatch a senior team of ministers across the world to drum up business with potential customers.
They are free to open talks with non-EU countries now the PM has triggered Article 50.
Mrs May has instructed her top team to spend the Easter break selling Britain abroad as a mecca for inward investment.
Chancellor Philip Hammond is being posted to India with a “heavyweight delegation” which includes Bank of England governor Mark Carney.
Mr Hammond said he’ll be “banging the drum for British business” and promoting the best of what we have to offer.
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox will tour Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Dubai and Oman.
He said: “It’s nine months since we voted to leave the EU, and the signs are all positive.
“The economy is strong, as is inward investment, employment and consumer spending.
"We’re not more free to talk with non-EU countries – we just can’t sign anything yet.
"But we can step up a gear in our activities and that’s what we’ll be doing.”
The push comes days after Qatar announced it expects to invest £5billion in the UK over the next five years.
Britain also hopes to strengthen links with Korea.
The move has been boosted by the arrival of civil servant Antonia Romeo to run the International Trade Department.
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Ms Romeo, 43, Britain’s first female consul-general in New York, will lead the effort to strike a deal with President Donald Trump’s administration.
A source said: “The PM saw in New York what a great job she was doing.”