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<p>The Department for International Trade’s Trade Policy Group (TPG) has a strong
core of trade policy officials which has significantly grown from 45 to 723 (excluding
the Export Control Joint Unit and Trade Remedies Investigations Directorate) since
2016. In TPG, we have dedicated teams in charge of coordinating each of our new free
trade agreement negotiations, including the US, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.
We have 3 Chief Negotiators and 3 Deputy Chief Negotiators currently, as well as the
Government’s Chief Trade Negotiation Advisor.</p><p> </p><p>Trade negotiations will
be progressed by teams of differing sizes depending on their complexity and the Department
also works closely with experts in other Departments.</p>
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