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<p>Removing barriers boosts British exports globally to new and familiar markets.
Teams across the Department – both in the UK and oversees – are working tirelessly
to do so, opening up exciting new opportunities for British businesses across our
four nations. We have an ambitious programme of FTA negotiations, bilateral Joint
Economic Trade Committees (JETCOs), Enhanced Trade Partnerships and multiple technical
discussions with partner countries to address the barriers that British business raise
with us. And our ambition does not stop when a Free Trade Agreement is signed, our
regular ongoing trade dialogues with FTA partners provide us with a forum to market
access issues and open these markets still further.</p><p> </p><p>Removing our priority
trade barriers has the potential to deliver export opportunities to British business
worth roughly £20 billion. As a recent example, in July we removed a priority barrier
with India through an agreement to recognise each other’s higher education qualifications.
This will make UK universities even more appealing to Indian students where the benefits
are estimated to be worth over £100,000 per person.</p>
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