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This Government is proud of the animal welfare standards that underpin our high quality, great British produce. We are determined to maintain these high standards and keep improving where possible. We have no intention of undercutting our own reputation for quality by lowering our animal welfare standards in pursuit of a trade deal.<\/p>"}
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Small Business Saturday is a nation-wide grass roots campaign, celebrating small businesses across the UK. It is now in its fifth year and will take place on Saturday 2 December 2017.<\/p>
DIT Ministers will be supporting this activity to promote our small businesses and their essential contribution to the UK economy.<\/p>
I am hosting a roundtable in Portishead to discuss exporting issues for SMEs and to celebrate Small Business Saturday with the Department\u2019s mobile Exporting is GREAT Hub, which many members have already used.<\/p>"}
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My Noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion (Baroness Fairhead), will lead the creation of a new export strategy, bringing together expertise from across Government and the private sector.<\/p>
This strategy will ensure that Government has the right financial, practical and promotional support in place to allow businesses to benefit from growth opportunities, generating wealth and wellbeing for the whole of the UK.<\/p>
In addition, the Government will launch a targeted campaign to promote the support available from UK Export Finance (UKEF), as part of the wider GREAT campaign.<\/p>"}
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I most recently visited Qatar on 5th<\/sup> October, where I met the Prime Minister and members of his cabinet to discuss Trade and Investment between the UK and Qatar. These discussions included follow-up to my meeting with the Finance Minister in June and also the Qatar-UK Business and Investment Forum in Birmingham earlier this year where Qatar pledged £5bn of investment into the UK over the next 5 years.<\/p>"}
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\u201cBritain\u2019s manufacturers are enjoying buoyant conditions on the back of export markets going from strength to strength.\u201d<\/p>
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I have raised the US anti-dumping and subsidies investigation into Bombardier personally with Trade Commissioner Malmström, just prior to the Department of Commerce\u2019s preliminary determination of 26 September.<\/p>"}
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My department and other departments across Whitehall continue to undertake a wide range of analysis covering the whole UK economy and our relations with the EU.<\/p>
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DIT is a UK-wide department whose role is to promote exports and investment for the whole UK.<\/p>"}
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