"While the UK is gripped by the Sturm und Drang of Brexit and our first independent trade deals in half a century, an entirely different issue is shooting up the international trade agenda: climate change." Marking my first BoTrade meeting in @timesredbox. thetimes.co.uk/article/net-ze…
Three priorities. First, we need global free trade in environmental goods and services. 
Second, we cannot have UK farmers and manufacturers exposed to competition based in countries that are not reducing their own emissions. We need a mechanism to level the playing field.
Third, we should be leading efforts to reform the WTO. We should double down on aid for trade, and strengthen the institution itself so that international trade becomes a race to the top on the environment, not a race to the bottom.
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