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<p>Our first priority is replicating the effects of the EU’s Economic Partnership
Agreements with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries to avoid trade disruption
for developing countries. We will also look to see how we could improve upon these
trade arrangements in the future.</p><p>The UK is committed to increasing women’s
role in trade, recognising the importance of trade as a lever for equality. Expanding
women’s access to trade is not only the right thing to do and vital to women’s economic
empowerment, but it also brings significant long-term economic and developmental gains.</p><p>The
Government has committed to a number of gender equality and human rights initiatives
as part of our trade policy. For example, in response to the Buenos Aires Declaration
on women’s economic empowerment, the UK committed to a gender-responsive approach
to trade, recognising the importance of women and girls to achieve inclusive and sustainable
growth.</p><p>The Prime Minister has also launched the new ‘SheTrades Commonwealth’
programme, providing £7m new funding to enhance the competitiveness of women entrepreneurs
in a number of Commonwealth countries.</p>
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