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<p>Until we have left the EU, the UK will remain a member of the EU with all of the
rights and obligations that membership entails. In due course, Britain will be leaving
the EU. This offers us an opportunity to forge a new role for ourselves in the world:
to negotiate, in time, our own trade agreements and to be a positive and powerful
force for free trade. We recognise the need for a smooth transition which minimises
disruption to our trading relationships. It would be wrong to set out unilateral positions
at this stage. Already though we have seen expressions of interest in future trade
deals with the United Kingdom, such as from the Prime Minister of Australia.</p><p>
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