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Recommendation 22
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Acknowledged
Assess Crown Dependencies' economic contribution to UK trade and strategically promote their role.
Recommendation
We wish to emphasise that the UK’s taking responsibility for its own international trade policy affords a real and very significant opportunity to make the most of the 34 The constitutional relationship with the Crown Dependencies economic relationship with the Crown Dependencies. They are valuable members of the British family and their important cultural and economic contributions deserve greater recognition. We recommend that the Department for Business and Trade formally assesses their contribution to the UK’s offer in trade negotiations and how their economic role can be better and more strategically promoted to potential trading partners, including the possibility of including them in the strategic approaches to free trade agreements that it publishes. (Paragraph 77) The constitutional relationship with the Crown Dependencies 35
Government Response Summary
The Department for Business and Trade highlights data limitations hindering a formal assessment of the Crown Dependencies' contribution, and will only *consider* whether publishing additional information in strategic approaches would support trade negotiation objectives.
Government Response
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HM Government
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68. The Department for Business and Trade consistently seeks improvements in products associated with trade negotiations. There are currently data limitations which make a clear assessment of the impact on Crown Dependencies unviable. The Department will consider whether publishing additional information on the Crown Dependencies in its strategic approaches to free trade agreements will support the delivery of trade negotiation objectives.