Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:34 pm on 22 November 2016.
Well, we do that. I mean, there will be trade missions to the US and to the United Arab Emirates, which is a major export market for us. We must guard against a scenario, however, where we have barriers in place in terms of accessing the European market and the American market. I am totally unconvinced that we will see a free trade deal with the US that will do anything other than benefit the US. That’s exactly what the President-elect, Trump, was elected to do. So, I don’t share the optimism that some have that, somehow, the UK will be in a privileged position with regard to the US. Nevertheless, we continue to run our trade missions to look at our important markets, to conserve those, and also, of course, to look for new ones.