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<p>Protecting the UK’s right to regulate is in the public interest and protecting
public services, including the NHS, will be of the utmost importance when negotiating
future trade agreements. Our position is definitive: the NHS is not, and never will
be, for sale to the private sector, whether overseas or domestic. The government will
ensure no trade agreements will ever be able to alter these fundamental facts.</p><p>
</p><p>The UK’s public services are protected by specific exceptions and reservations
in existing EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). As we leave the EU, the UK will continue
to ensure that rigorous protections are included in all trade agreements to which
it is party, whether transitioning existing EU FTAs or resulting from new negotiations.</p><p>
</p><p>The government has been consistently clear that it is committed to negotiating
an ambitious FTA with the US that maintains our high standards for businesses, workers
and consumers.</p>
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