Exclusive: Global Britain’s non-EU trade deals now total over £240bn per year

71 non-EU countries now have trade agreements with the UK – ‘despite Brexit’

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Facts4EU.Org and CIBUK.Org reveal the extent of Brexit Britain’s success in international trade

In today’s report Facts4EU.Org and CIBUK.Org can reveal just how well the UK has been doing in securing various forms of trade agreements around the world. Based on official ONS trade data we show that these 71 non-EU27 agreements now account for over £240bn of trade per year.

We are grateful to the Department for International Trade for assisting us with the information for this report.

Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary

Trade agreements now in effect

98 countries and counting

The UK government has agreed trade deals with 71 countries - plus the EU27
Excluding the EU, trade with these countries was worth £240bn in 2021
These non-EU27 trade agreements account for 63.2% of total UK trade
UK trade with the 71 non-EU countries increased by 16.5% in 2021
UK trade with the EU27 only grew 4.4% in the same period

[Source: Dept for International Trade, 23 Aug 2022.]

Commenting on this report, the Rt Hon David Jones MP told us:

“This research by Facts4EU.Org and CIBUK.Org completely debunks Remainers' downbeat predictions that, post-Brexit, the UK would struggle to find new trading partners and suffer a massive decline in trade.
"The report shows that, in fact, the reverse is true. Countries from right across the globe - from huge economies like Japan to micro-states such as Liechtenstein - have been keen to forge deals with Brexit Britain. What's more, trade with non-EU countries has grown significantly faster than with the EU itself.
"Once again, the British people's decision to leave the European Union has been fully vindicated. Outside the EU, the United Kingdom can look forward to better, more profitable relations with dynamic trading nations from every part of the world."
The Rt Hon David Jones MP, former Brexit Minister, Vice Chairman of the ERG, 24 Aug 2022

The world seems to want to trade with Brexit Britain

As of 01 January 2021, EU trade agreements no longer applied to the UK. The Dept for International Trade (under Liz Truss at that time) had already been working on replacing these.

NOTE: The above list does not yet appear on the Government's official website. Our information is more up-to-date, based on our research with the Dept for International Trade yesterday.

Yesterday we published a report showing how the current Secretary of State for International Trade, the Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, has not only been working on more major trade deals, but has also been able to put in place a trading arrangement for 65 emerging economies.

The UK has sought to reproduce the effects of trading agreements that previously applied to it to ensure continuity for UK business. Today’s report summarises how well the UK has done.

Commenting on this report, the Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP told us:

“The government has been successful in securing new trade deals around the world.
"The growing shift of economic activity to Asia reinforces the need to have a global view and to negotiate the best possible access to the faster growing markets of the world."

The Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP, former Single Market Minister, 24 Aug 2022

The UK also has a trade deal with the 27 EU countries - total 98

Adding the 27 EU countries to the list of 71 we have provided above takes the total to 98 countries.

In addition - and as we reported yesterday - the Department for International Trade has now agreed preferential trading terms with 65 emerging economies.

What next for the Dept for International Trade?

The government has ambitious plans to secure bilateral trade agreements with countries accounting for 80% of UK total trade within three years of having left the EU, including with some major partners.

This work includes those countries the Government sought continuity for under our previous EU trade agreements, as well as all other trade agreements to date that were outside the scope of the programme, such as the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.

Observations

It has to be said that for the years since the British public voted to leave the EU, there have been those who saw fit to ‘do the country down’, suggesting that the UK’s international trade would ‘fall off a cliff’.

When that didn’t happen, they sought to ridicule the idea that countries would want to sign trade deals with an independent Brexit Britain.

Our report today shows unequivocally that countries have been queueing up to do trade deals with the UK. Not only that but we have revealed exclusively how this trade was worth over £240bn last year, has grown by 16.5% since the previous year, and looks set to grow even more as time goes by.

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Reader Comments 10

1. Fred Dawson , Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 06:51:

Onwards and upwards 🙌

2. terence patrick hewett , Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 07:00:

It is a sellers market for fish: there are more buyers on the world market than fish. In a few years we will have full control of who fishes in our waters - and we need to start now to prepare for that day.
Fishing is a multi-billion £ industry with enormous potential to generate wealth and employment in coastal and island communities.
We need to start now with a department with a remit to guarantee the purchase of fish from UK boats and sale to customers worldwide, with a view to expanding and turning the UK fishing industry into a world-beater.

3. John Albrighton , Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 07:30:

Rejoiners won't like this thank you Boris, Liz and the rest of your team

4. Tony Fisher , Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 07:44:

Doubt you'll hear that on the news

5. Ashley Great Britain , Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 09:40:

Love it when a trade comes together.

6. John Hardman , Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 10:02:

Fantastic report
How the BBC and Sky will hate this report telling the truth.

7. Neil Ormesher , Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 10:48:

Oh dear, Remoaners won't like this at all.

8. LuxuryBalloon , Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 18:05:

Great report! … it highlights the anti-Brexit bias of MSM. Eg, the FT reported last month that ‘UK trade performance falls to worst level on record in first quarter’.
If it was not for the honest reporting by Facts4EU, we would have been talked into a recession by the MSM by now.

9. Adam , Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 21:46:

If Remoaners don't like it the better the Brexit negotiations must end when the new PM enters office it can't be allowed to drag on for another 5 year's if the EU is still not interested in staying friends with Britain it's their problem

10. Michael Burnhill , Thursday, August 25, 2022, 05:52:

What most of us thought from the beginning Britain doesn't need the EU to trade with the world. Its only our lazy politicians that would far rather pick up a pay packet whilst leaving the EU to do all the heavy lifting when it comes to trade deals. Unfortunately as we know to our great cost their deals benefit the EU at our expense. Now all that remains is to sort out the Irish border and leave the ECHR so that we have complete control of our country and who can stay here!

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