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<p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) works closely with the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development to advance
our trade relationship with Tunisia; Ministers and senior officials incorporate discussions
on trade issues in their engagements with counterparts in Tunisia. My Hon. Friend
for South West Wiltshire (Dr Andrew Murrison), appointed as the Prime Minister’s Trade
Envoy to Tunisia in 2016, has helped develop a strong bilateral trading relationship.</p><p>As
we prepare to leave the EU, to provide stability for businesses, consumers and investors,
DIT has been working closely with the FCO and its Tunisian counterparts to achieve
continuity of trading arrangements by replicating the effects of the existing EU-Tunisia
Association Agreement in a bilateral agreement.</p><p> </p>
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