Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:34 pm on 6 June 2017.
First Minister, I’m sure you agree that we should be aiming for a good deal—a good deal for the United Kingdom, a good deal for Wales, and a good deal for the European Union—and I’m very confident that that is what will happen. But, can I just refer you to the UK economic outlook that was published in November 2016, which did identify—and this was on the trends before Brexit—that our exports to EU markets were likely to go down to about 37 per cent by 2030—that’s a UK figure, not just Wales—and that it was very important that we also developed those other markets outside Europe that are closest to us, particularly North America, Africa and the middle east? And I hope that your trade policy will focus on these markets, as well as, of course, taking advantage of whatever the relationships we now secure with the EU.