The next steps in better digital trade

The UK government has today launched negotiations with Singapore on a cutting-edge Digital Trade Agreement, removing barriers to digital trade and helping UK exporters expand into high-tech markets.

• The Conservative government is committed to using Britain's new freedoms to strike trade deals by signing agreements which support jobs, productivity and growth across this country. 
   
• That is why the UK government has today started negotiations with Singapore on a new digital trade agreement, aimed at removing barriers to digital trade, boosting the UK’s status as a global hub for services trade, and helping exporters to expand into high-tech markets. 
   
• By boosting links with some of the world’s biggest current and future economies, we can use the power of free trade to drive productivity, jobs and growth across the UK.