Creating the Department for International Trade
Membership of the EU meant that the UK had not had its own independent trade policy for more than 40 years. In one of her first acts as prime minister, Theresa May established the Department for International Trade to take on this function. This panel will look back at how department was established, how effective it has been in developing the UK\u2019s skills and approach to international trade policy, and what more needs to be done to make the UK the big player in international trade it aspires to be.\n\nTo discuss these issues, we were joined by:\n\nJohn Alty, Interim Permanent Secretary at the Department for International Trade\nDr Lorand Bartels, Reader in International Law at the University of Cambridge and Counsel at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP\nSam Lowe, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Reform\nJill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government\n\nThe event was chaired by Maddy Thimont Jack, Associate Director at the Institute for Government.\n\nThe event was part of our day exploring 'Five years of the Department for International Trade: what progress has been made?' https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/events/five-years-department-international-trade