Britain is back and ‘open for business’, says trade policy minister on boosting economic ties

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Southeast Asia, in particular, is a “huge commercial market” for the UK, says British Trade Policy Minister Douglas Alexander. Southeast Asia is among the key engines of global growth in the years to come and poses “a huge commercial market”, said British Trade Policy Minister Douglas Alexander. The region has a population of about 680 million people and an estimated total gross domestic product amounting to approximately US$3.6 trillion. “There are real opportunities, both for investments into