UK seeks to break down digital trade barriers


"All of us depend on digital trade, yet British businesses face digital barriers in countries who take a protectionist approach," Trevelyan will say in a virtual speech to London Tech Week, according to advanced extracts released by her office.

LONDON: Britain will look to break down digital trade barriers to help its businesses export their services, the country's newly appointed trade minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan (pic) will say on Monday.

Britain's Department for International Trade last week published a report seeking to predict trends in global trade out to 2050 which forecast that demand for digital services will double in the next decade.

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