Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies is meeting UK Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox over the next two days to discuss SA’s trade relations with Britain post Brexit. The minister’s two-day visit to the UK is also intended to showcase investment opportunities in priority sectors in SA, including business process services (BPS) and renewable energy. During the visit Davies will also engage with UK agricultural importers. According to the Department of Trade and Industry’s trade rankings up to August 2016, the UK was ranked SA’s seventh-largest export partner in the world and ranked SA’s second-largest export partner in the EU region.

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