LONDON: Britain’s new foreign secretary, Liz, wants to attack agreements covering trade and security with India and other democratic countries in the strategic Indo-Pacific region to challenge the influence of authoritarian states. truss Said on Sunday.
Truss, who was in charge of negotiations with India on a future free trade agreement (FTA), until her recent promotion as International Trade Secretary UK cabinetIt said it was willing to make more deals on the lines of the Ocus, a trilateral security alliance between Australia, the UK and the US, which is widely seen as a counter-balance to China.
“We want to work with our friends and allies to create more economic agreements and security agreements. AUKUS is particularly about protecting trade routes and shipping routes with Australia, but I am with India, Japan and Canada I’d like to see arrangements to expand that security assistance to similar areas,” Truss told The Sunday Times in his first major interview since assuming his new role at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
“With some countries we will be able to have more thorough security arrangements than others. One thing I learned after two years as business secretary was that Britain was trusted a lot. People know we are trustworthy and when we say we will do something we will do it, we follow the rules.”
Truss said Britain would seek alliances with “freedom-loving” democracies to challenge the influence of “malicious actors and authoritarian states” and that security agreements could increase trade deals, which are included in Britain’s broad and progressive agreement. Indicates the request to be. Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Asked by the paper about these steps to control China’s influence in the region, he said it was about “independence progress”.
“This is a positive strategy to engage other countries that want to see a free enterprise, open, free trade world succeed. It is a positive strategy for economic strength.”
The interview comes as the ruling Conservative Party begins its annual convention in Manchester on Sunday, where all senior Tory leaders will address party representatives over the course of the next three days.
He told the newspaper: “The Prime Minister (boris johnson) is a great proponent of global Britain. He wants us to create a positive situation for our values globally, but also to work for the people in the United Kingdom.
“What we did in trade, trade deals with 68 countries, was about bringing opportunities across the UK, whether it’s for our whiskey industry, our car industry, our digital industry,” she said.
Truss, who was in charge of negotiations with India on a future free trade agreement (FTA), until her recent promotion as International Trade Secretary UK cabinetIt said it was willing to make more deals on the lines of the Ocus, a trilateral security alliance between Australia, the UK and the US, which is widely seen as a counter-balance to China.
“We want to work with our friends and allies to create more economic agreements and security agreements. AUKUS is particularly about protecting trade routes and shipping routes with Australia, but I am with India, Japan and Canada I’d like to see arrangements to expand that security assistance to similar areas,” Truss told The Sunday Times in his first major interview since assuming his new role at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
“With some countries we will be able to have more thorough security arrangements than others. One thing I learned after two years as business secretary was that Britain was trusted a lot. People know we are trustworthy and when we say we will do something we will do it, we follow the rules.”
Truss said Britain would seek alliances with “freedom-loving” democracies to challenge the influence of “malicious actors and authoritarian states” and that security agreements could increase trade deals, which are included in Britain’s broad and progressive agreement. Indicates the request to be. Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Asked by the paper about these steps to control China’s influence in the region, he said it was about “independence progress”.
“This is a positive strategy to engage other countries that want to see a free enterprise, open, free trade world succeed. It is a positive strategy for economic strength.”
The interview comes as the ruling Conservative Party begins its annual convention in Manchester on Sunday, where all senior Tory leaders will address party representatives over the course of the next three days.
He told the newspaper: “The Prime Minister (boris johnson) is a great proponent of global Britain. He wants us to create a positive situation for our values globally, but also to work for the people in the United Kingdom.
“What we did in trade, trade deals with 68 countries, was about bringing opportunities across the UK, whether it’s for our whiskey industry, our car industry, our digital industry,” she said.
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