Submitted on Friday 24th June 2016
Rejected on Wednesday 6th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
For the Government to pursue a Free trade area with the Commonwealth of Nations
Collectively the Commonwealth has some of the largest economies in the world. In 2005 the commonwealth meeting in Malta it was agree that a commonwealth free trade area would be endorsed. It is now possible for this to be achieved as we have left the EU.
As of the vote to leave the EU, the UK already has a free trade deal (through the EU) with the common wealth countries of ; South africa, Papua New Guinea ,Cameroon,Belize and Guyana.
That the UK inside the EU had already laid much of the ground work for a Free trade deal with Canada.
UK’s exports to Commonwealth countries have been increasing at over 10% a year – with increases (over two years) of 33% to India, 31% to South Africa, 30% to Australia and 18% to Canada.
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