International Governments and Sub-regional Administrations

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:25 pm on 13 February 2018.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:25, 13 February 2018

Many things. I've been to many countries. The US, of course, is our biggest international investing country, I've been there. I was in Ireland yesterday, and Ireland is in the top five of investing countries in Wales. Of course, we look at markets outside Europe. One of the things I did when I was rural affairs Minister was to get Welsh lamb into Dubai, looking at a new market beyond the traditional southern European market. Nevertheless, we cannot on the one hand say, 'We need to look at new markets,' which we accept, but on the other hand say, 'We have to ignore our most important existing single market, which is Europe.' The two things run together. Let's make sure that we secure our most important market first, and then, of course, make sure that we look for more opportunities elsewhere.