Title page 1

Contents 1

ABSTRACT 1

1. INTRODUCTION 2

2. HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES 2

2.1. CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES FOR UK TRADE POLICY 3

3. THE UK CONTEXT 4

3.1. THE ECONOMIC CONTEXT 4

3.2. UK POLICY PRIORITIES 6

4. ECONOMIC SECURITY 7

5. CONCLUSIONS 10

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 11

REFERENCES 11

Figure 1. Change in GDP Over Time - OECD and the UK 5

Figure 2. Goals Underpinning the Trade Corpus 7