Speaker: Simon Ridley, Director General – Future Economic Partnership, Department for Exiting the EU
Simon Ridley, director general for future economic partnership in the Department for Exiting the EU, will discuss Britain’s prospective economic partnership with the EU in the current political climate. He will assess the conditions for negotiating the terms of a trade deal, the potential move to World Trade Organisation rules with or without a transition period, and the immediate and long-term impact on UK industry.