Understanding Market Access with the Department for International Trade
Author WIG Date 2 Dec 2022
With speakers Cathryn Law, Director of Bilateral Trade Relations, Department for International Trade, and Kalada Bruce-Jaja, Deputy Director, Market Access Strategy and EU, Department for International Trade
In June this year the International Trade Secretary announced their ambition to target 100 key trade barriers, allowing access for UK products and services into new markets around the world, potentially worth more than £20 billion to the UK economy. WIG is delighted to host the Department for International Trade’s market access team for this webinar, to share insights on their work and what it means for your organisation.
Catch up on this Briefing to:
- Build your understanding of the global markets you could be operating in
- Learn more about how the DIT can help overcome barriers to access
- Discuss how UK exports can be strategically aligned to support key governmental priorities such as clean growth and levelling up
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Speakers at the Event
Cathryn Law is the Director of the Bilateral Trade Relations Directorate in the Trade Policy Group in DIT – which leads on opening markets for UK businesses outside Free Trade Agreements alongside protecting market access delivered by FTAs through their effective implementation.
She joined DIT in October 2016 as Deputy Director of the EU Trade policy team. Prior to joining DIT she was in BIS as Head of International Science and Innovation – including setting up and overseeing the Newton Fund.
Her other trade experiences includes 5 years in UKTI heading the China desk and then Asia more widely, 6 months in the High Commission in Kuala Lumpur covering the oil and gas sector and 2 years in DFID heading up the Trade and Development Policy Team.
Kalada Bruce-Jaja joined the Department for International Trade (DIT) in 2021 to lead the whole-of-government effort to open new markets for UK businesses outside of free trade agreement negotiations.
Prior to joining DIT, Kalada set up a new function at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), to ensure the UK’s trade policy supports our ambitious climate change targets.
Between 2012 and 2019, Kalada worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, focused on emerging economies, including as Private Secretary to the Minister of State and latterly as Deputy Consul General and Head of Trade and Investment in Rio De Janeiro.