Britain signs FTAs with Singapore and Vietnam

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Britain signs FTAs with Singapore and Vietnam

Singapore FTA signed, Vietnam FTA expected to be signed later this week

Today I signed a deal with Singapore covering £17.6bn of trade - the 2nd biggest agreement we’ve signed in #AsiaPacific 🇬🇧🇸🇬

✅It secures certainty for biz
✅Means deeper future ties in digital & services trade
✅ Is further proof we can succeed as an independent trading nation pic.twitter.com/6pMLqB7V9B

— Liz Truss (@trussliz) December 10, 2020

Here's an updated map of our FTA progress so far.

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Vietnam FTA signed

We have just secured a trade agreement with Vietnam 🇬🇧🇻🇳

This deal means:
👉 certainty for UK business
👉 a deeper relationship with a country who shares our belief in free trade
👉 another step closer to joining the Trans Pacific Partnership

Trade = opportunity = jobs pic.twitter.com/7udPeZNc5f

— Liz Truss (@trussliz) December 11, 2020

Today we secured a trade deal with Vietnam 🇬🇧🇻🇳

We have now agreed deals with 57 countries, covering £193bn of trade.
This is unprecedented. No country has ever moved so fast to negotiate so many deals simultaneously. Well done to our brilliant negotiators 🌎 #GlobalBritain pic.twitter.com/SplT5b9sqt

— Liz Truss (@trussliz) December 11, 2020

"Britain is too small to compete on its own"