Sentences with phrase «trade secretary»

Instead what we have is the international trade secretary talking nonsense.

It gains nothing by granting the power to form another identical one, for no reason except to make the international trade secretary feel better about himself.

He takes the new created cabinet post of international trade secretary.

Paterson's visits are the latest in a string of meetings between pro-Brexit UK politicians (such as international trade secretary Liam Fox) and US climate science denial groups.

His Shadow International Trade Secretary Barry Gardiner meanwhile said being in the customs union after Brexit would be «a disaster».

There were two extraordinary things about shadow trade secretary Barry Gardiner's insistence that a Labour government would leave the single market and customs union.

The Shadow International Trade Secretary said private conversations were necessary in political negotiations, and that «sticking by the line» meant issues could never advance.

Froman, a former treasury department chief of staff, assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser for economic affairs for both Clinton and Obama, had served as trade secretary since June of 2013 and actively worked toward free trade agreements.

The emails suggest that Singham had a good relationship with trade secretary Liam Fox and even acted as an intermediary between the Turkish embassy in London and Department of International Trade.

Claim: The former Trade Secretary used the expenses system to claim more than # 125,000 for the London flat owned by his partner, it is claimed.

LONDON — Jeremy Corbyn opened a fresh Brexit split inside Labour today after distancing himself from a call by his own Shadow International Trade Secretary for Britain to leave the customs union.

That warning was reiterated this week during the confirmation hearing for Robert Lighthizer, the incoming trade secretary.

Prominent Brexiteers Liam Fox and David Davis became Trade Secretary and Brexit Secretary respectively, while Amber Rudd took over at the Home Office.

«If the International Trade Secretary wants the public to trust him, he needs to take the opportunity while he's in the US and devour a chlorine - washed chicken live on camera,» said executive director James McGrory.

The international trade secretary called for loyalty in the Tory ranks to make «an overdue and spectacular comeback» and he implored his fellow MPs «to act with an increased sense of discipline».

In an interview with The House magazine, the international trade secretary seemed to put the blame for our sluggish exports on British companies rather than the suffocating restrictions of the EU.

At a fringe event, Fox, who returned to the cabinet as trade secretary under May, was applauded as he spoke with tears in his eyes about his pride in the UK for voting to leave the EU.

A few hours later, international trade secretary decided to put out a late statement: «I fully endorse the comments the prime minister has made on behalf of the government.»

Shadow international trade secretary also confronted with with previous description of Labour's Brexit tests as «bollocks»

How about [international trade secretary] Liam Fox?

Vince Cable was once a Labour Party activist and worked as a special adviser to John Smith when the Scot was Trade Secretary in the late Seventies.

International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox MP has launched a new drive to attract foreign investment into the UK at a meeting of the Board of Trade in Stirling.

Jeremy Corbyn today slapped down his own shadow trade secretary as Labour's Brexit policy descended into yet more confusion.

As he appeared on the BBC's Daily Politics how, shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner had a different explanation.

The Shadow International Trade Secretary said at the weekend that staying in the customs union after leaving the EU would be a «disaster» for Britain.

Aid Secretary Priti Patel was summoned back to the UK from Nairobi for a showdown with Mrs May, dropping plans to fly to Uganda with Trade Secretary Liam Fox.

Brexit Secretary David Davis, together with Trade Secretary Liam Fox and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, will lead a revolt at a Cabinet sub-committee meeting.

A veteran of the Thatcher era «cuts» (which, of course, were no such thing), the former trade secretary is installed in his own office inside No 10, where he appears to have more access to the prime minister than most of the cabinet.

This is a man who did his job as international trade secretary for a month before realising it was a legally and logically meaningless position to have been given.

And the following day, shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner burnished Labour's hard Brexit credentials by declaring that staying in the customs union after quitting the EU would be «a disaster».

«May might formally back the deal achieved over the summer between Chancellor Philip Hammond and Trade Secretary Liam Fox over the need for a transition period of around two to three years,» Nickel said.

India's gold imports were over a staggering 150 tonnes in November and have seen a «phenomenal» rise in India according to India's Trade Secretary, Rajeev Kher.

In the past 10 days, Lighthizer has met with EU Trade Commission Cecilia Malmström, Japanese Minister of Economy Hiroshige Seko, and UK International Trade Secretary Liam Fox.

«In July, the international trade secretary said Brexit negotiations would be the easiest in human history.

Take international trade secretary Liam Fox and the controversial EU - Canada business deal CETA: after five years of secret negotiations on CETA, Fox signed the UK up to the deal by intentionally side - stepping parliamentary scrutiny.

This is a post that pits his formidable political skills against the Brexit trio of foreign secretary Boris Johnson, international trade secretary Liam Fox and David Davis, the secretary of state for exiting the European Union.

The Party Power Players include the three leading Brexiteers in Government: foreign secretary Boris Johnson; international trade secretary Liam Fox; and Brexit secretary David Davis.

But many Tory MPs hold a very different view — and are angry with international trade secretary Liam Fox for suggesting Farage that might be worth talking to.

Rather, Number 10 announced today that the new foreign secretary will have to share the residence with two fellow Brexiteers - David Davis, the Brexit secretary, and Liam Fox, the international trade secretary.

International Trade Secretary Liam Fox suggested the House of Lords was trying to delay exit from the EU «indefinitely».

Trade secretary Liam Fox will invite overseas investors on Thursday to submit bids for financing 30 billion pounds of projects to help the world's sixth - largest economy cope with the upheaval of leaving the European Union.

In an interview with The House magazine, the International Trade Secretary said the reluctance of some firms to do business with foreign companies was hampering his efforts to boost the economy.

But his argument — ahead of a raft of speeches by the trade secretary, Liam Fox, the Brexit secretary, David Davis, the Cabinet Office minister, David Lidington, and the prime minister, Theresa May — could raise fears about plans for deregulation after Brexit.

Shadow International Trade Secretary Barry Gardiner said on Sunday that Labour could not support remaining in the EEA.

«The UK is a full and founding member of the WTO,» the international trade secretary said.

Former defence secretary, Liam Fox, who also campaigned to leave the EU, was given the new job of international trade secretary and Boris Johnson, who was a leader of the official Leave campaign, is foreign secretary.

A string of deals are expected to flow from the first major deal secured by International Trade Secretary Liam Fox.

The new committee will be made up of Secretaries of State from 11 Government departments, including Chancellor Philip Hammond, Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox and Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green.

The new committee is made up of Secretaries of State from 11 Government departments, including Chancellor Philip Hammond, Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox and Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green.