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<p>The Government works actively to support trade and reduce barriers in all three
countries, including through our overseas network and HM Trade Commissioners, through
ministerial visits and bilateral working groups, and through the broad support this
Department provides both to UK companies exporting to these countries and to those
overseas companies wishing to invest in the UK. This work is intensifying as we leave
the EU.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is preparing for an ambitious programme
of trade negotiations and enhanced market access, including potentially opening formal
negotiations for new free trade agreements with the United States and Australia. We
have completed 14-week long public consultations on these potential future trade agreement
negotiations. We are also building stronger relationships with large economies through
a series of Joint Trade Reviews. As part of the UK-China joint trade and investment
review, officials of both countries took part in the third series of technical discussions
in Beijing in November.</p>
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