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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kiran Stacey and Jasper Jolly

Post-Brexit Britain ‘too focused’ on major trade deals, ministers say

A steelworker
A steelworker in Scunthorpe. The US and UK are still haggling over whether or not Trump’s recent steel tariffs will be dropped. Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters

Britain has focused too much on trying to sign major trade deals with other countries, ministers have said, as they lay out the case for a big shift in post-Brexit trade policy.

The change forms the heart of the government’s new trade strategy, which ministers will publish on Thursday.

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