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<p>The EU is currently negotiating a trade deal with Mercosur. 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.</p><p>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. The Prime Minister has established the Department for International Trade to
promote British trade across the world and ensure the UK takes advantage of the huge
opportunities open to us. The Government is currently reviewing its trade policy.
We will engage fully with a broad range of stakeholders, including both governments
and business over the coming weeks and months as we prepare for the negotiation with
the EU and other international partners.</p><p> </p>
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