As the Government’s Trade Bill gets its Second Reading today, we will hear a lot of talk about global, free-trading Britain. This is absolutely as it should be. There is a big world out there and we need to embrace it with self-confidence and gusto. But what does this mean in practice? My view is that we need a dual strategy – securing a positive and balanced trading relationship with the European Union, and being highly ambitious in the trade deals we agree with the rest of the world.
