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Lord Leong (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 6 January 2025

Debate

Multilateral Free Trade

Contribution

My Lords, the general principle is that free trade has benefited many, many countries. It has lifted millions out of poverty globally, and it has brought in many goods at really competitive prices to people across the country, so we should champion free trade. Successive Governments have failed to defend and reinvest in those sectors that have more or less moved away to other countries. We must do more to invest in new manufacturing and the new industries of the future.

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