UK business minister to visit Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE


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  • Monday, 22 May 2023

FILE PHOTO: British Secretary of State for International Trade Kemi Badenoch walks outside Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's business and trade minister Kemi Badenoch will visit Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this week as part of her efforts to reach a trade deal with the six countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

Trade talks between Britain and the GCC - whose members also include Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman - started last year and there have been three rounds so far.

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