Trade and Co-operation Agreement Partnership Council: Third Meeting
The Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Ms Nusrat Ghani)
My noble Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton) has today made the following statement:
The Trade and Co-operation Agreement Partnership Council met yesterday, 16 May 2024, in Brussels, with delegates attending in person and by video conference.
The meeting was co-chaired by myself and the executive vice-president of the European Commission, Maroš Šefčovič. Representatives from the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive attended, as did representatives from the Crown dependencies of the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey. Twenty-seven EU member state representatives also attended. A joint statement was agreed and published on gov.uk.
The partnership council discussed implementation of the TCA and co-operation in a wide range of important areas, including energy and climate, trade and level playing field, health security, fisheries and wider security, and reaffirmed our commitment to fully exploiting the potential the TCA has to offer.
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