Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies speaks on the first day of a two-day investment visit to London as the UK starts to prepare to leave the EU
Rob Davies is the minister of trade and industry. BUSINESS DAY TV: Fresh from the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos last week, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies is now in the UK where he’s meeting the new International Trade Secretary Liam Fox this week. So are there opportunities to be had as the UK prepares to leave the EU and for more we are joined on the line by Minister Davies. Minister Davies ... so have you already met with Mr Fox in the UK? ROB DAVIES: No not yet, I’ve been having a series of other meetings with investors, but I’m meeting him tomorrow. BDTV: So let’s take a look at in the run up to that, what’s being anticipated because this is a time of great global uncertainty when one can see the fears of the global economic elite come to the fore due to the rise of populism, anti-globalisation, are you anticipating negotiations to become only tougher from here on out? RD: The world has certainly (changed) and I think that the shape of trade negotiations, the stanc...
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