Catalogue description Records of the Department for International Trade

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Title: Records of the Department for International Trade
Description:

Records created or inherited by the Department for International Trade.

For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.

Date: 2016-2023
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department for International Trade, 2016-

Physical description: 22 series
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Administrative / biographical background:

The Department for International Trade was created on 13 July 2016 as a consequence of the UK's vote to leave the European Union. It was created as a specialised body with significant new trade negotiating capacity. It is overseen by the Secretary of State for International Trade.

The department took on the responsibilities of UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), which was merged into the new department, along with the relevant trade functions of the former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), and it also became responsible for UK Export Finance.

The new department was given overall responsibility for promoting UK trade across the world, and to develop, coordinate and deliver a new trade and investment policy for the UK, including preparing for and then negotiating Free Trade Agreements and market access deals with non-EU countries.

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