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Britain and Turkey will sign a free trade agreement on Tuesday, the UK Commerce Department announced tonight. It will be the first deal of its kind since Prime Minister Boris Johnson secured a new trade deal with the European Union last week.
The UK-Turkey deal reproduces the current rules governing Ankara-London trade relations, but Minister Liz Tras was optimistic that a special deal would soon be reached between them.
“The agreement we hope to sign this week will be key to duty-free trade agreements and will help our business relationship.” It will provide security for thousands of jobs in the UK, manufacturing, the automotive industry and the steel industry. ” .
“We look forward to working with Turkey on an ambitious and personalized agreement in the future,” he added.
This deal is the fifth largest London has negotiated with individual countries, after Japan, Canada, Switzerland and Norway. In all, Britain has concluded trade agreements with 62 countries.
