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<p>The Department recognises the financial and professional services sectors not only
make an important contribution to the UK economy but also, as the report highlights,
play an essential role in supporting and enabling firms in all sectors of the economy
to trade internationally.</p><p> </p><p>The Department welcomes the report and its
recommendations which, as we develop our independent trade policy, challenge policy
makers to treat goods and services together rather than as separate policy areas.</p><p>
</p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Minister for Trade Policy, the member for Chelsea and
Fulham, was guest speaker at the launch of the report on 24<sup>th</sup> February
2021.</p><p> </p>
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