Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will make his first visit to Kenya on Friday as part of a five-nation five-day tour of Africa designed to push post Brexit trade links with sub Saharan Africa in the event that the UK does actually leave the European Union without a deal.
The UK’s aim is try to convince African countries that Brexit will bring trade benefits outside of existing trade with the EU.
The problem for Hunt and his Conservative colleagues is Brexit is at an impasse in the UK with his party totally divided over what action to take next.
Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposal to enable the UK to leave the EU with a deal has already been heavily defeated three times.
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will make his first visit to Kenya on Friday as part of a five-nation five-day tour of Africa designed to push post Brexit trade links with sub Saharan Africa in the event that the UK does actually leave the European Union without a deal.
With his party floundering in the polls and expected to take a hammering in both the local municipal elections in the UK tomorrow and the EU elections on May 23, due to the increasing Brexit divide, the Tories have been working on trying to establish new trade deals with Africa following Prime Minister Theresa May’s visit last year.
Mr Hunt said: “Africa is a continent growing at an extraordinary rate, full of transformative potential.
“In a future where Britain is no longer a member of the EU, I want us to work within and alongside African nations to make sure, together, we combat the threats we all face, and capitalise on the opportunities open to people wherever they live.
“To do this, I want to set out the stall for the UK to be the new partner of choice across Africa.”
The UK’s aim is try to convince African countries that Brexit will bring trade benefits outside of existing trade with the EU.
The problem for Hunt and his Conservative colleagues is Brexit is at an impasse in the UK with his party totally divided over what action to take next. Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposal to enable the UK to leave the EU with a deal has already been heavily defeated three times.
But in the unlikely event that a Brexit agreement is made the UK government is looking to boost trade with Africa which is why Hunt is visiting Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Kenya, which have five of the fastest-growing economies on the continent.
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