Membership of the EU meant that the UK had not had its own independent trade policy for more than 40 years. In one of her first acts as prime minister, Theresa May established the Department for International Trade to take on this function. This panel looked back at how department was established, how effective it has been in developing the UK’s skills and approach to international trade policy, and what more needs to be done to make the UK the big player in international trade it aspires to be.

To discuss these issues, we were joined by:

• John Alty, Interim Permanent Secretary at the Department for International Trade
• Dr Lorand Bartels, Reader in International Law at the University of Cambridge and Counsel at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
• Sam Lowe, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Reform
• Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government

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