"As a newly independent WTO member outside the EU, we will continue to fight for trade liberalisation as well as potentially helping developing markets trade their way out of poverty by giving them preferential access to our markets. I believe the UK is in a prime position to become a world leader in free trade because of the brave and historic decision of the British people to leave the European Union. We are leaving the EU, we are not leaving Europe and we are ready to take our place in an open, liberal and competitive globalised trading environment."
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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomConservative Party (UK) politiciansPoliticians from ScotlandCritics of the European UnionUniversity of Glasgow alumni
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Liam Fox
Liam Fox (born 22 September 1961) s a British politician who served as Secretary of State for International Trade from 2016 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Defence from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Conservative Party, Fox served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Woodspring from 1992 to 2010, and (after boundary changes) North Somerset until the 2024 general election, when he was defeated.
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