Fox must set trade free, not coerce business

The Trade Secretary’s reported remarks suggest a mercantile attitude at odds with the optimistic, free-trading case for a global Britain.

Garvan Walshe: A good Brexit will be inspired by sex, not football

Trade negotiations aren’t a matter of one participant winning, but of two partners creating wealth together that they couldn’t make on their own.

The Prime Minister’s statement on Brexit and the G20 – full text

“As we leave the EU, Britain will seek to become the global leader in free trade.”

Over three-quarters of Party members support the Hard Brexit option recently backed by Davis

The more they think about it, the more they don’t seem to want a Soft One – at least, on the evidence we have so far.

Matt Grady: Opening our market up to the world’s least developed countries would help us and them

Plus, it would shorten the list of complex negotiations facing the Department for International Trade.

Christopher Howarth’s Guide to Brexit: Article 50, parliamentary votes, Scotland – and the legalities of leaving

His debut column: answers to key questions.

Nadhim Zahawi: Apple’s tax and TTIP’s collapse both show why Britain was right to back Brexit

We were told that we needed the EU to get trade deals agreed that would help us. Now look at what’s happened.

Daniel Hannan: Repeat after me. Single market membership and single market access are not the same thing.

Of course we will sell to EU customers after Brexit. But there’s no reason to subject our whole economy to EU regulations.

Lorraine Platt: Brexit must mean more regulations on animal farming, not less

Escape from the EU’s free trade rules gives us the opportunity to introduce a wide range of new welfare measures.

Lee Rotherham: Unravelling the tangled web of EU policies and regulations will take time and careful planning

Four principles will help the Government to overcome challenges before they become crises.

WATCH: Free trade is the ultimate tool for human advancement, argues Daniel Hannan

Is there anything it can’t solve?

Vicky Ford: What the other EU member states are thinking about the Brexit negotiations

From security and defence to free movement, it’s important we understand the views on the other side of the table.

Philippe Herlin: The Brexit negotiations. And how the Commission has a vested interest in high tariffs while member states lose out.

It’s critical that the UK makes common-cause with national EU member governments – who stand to lose out.

Richard Graham: Brexit poses a trade conundrum – but it can be solved

We face a range of threats and opportunities. Navigating them successfully will pay dividends.

John Howell: My role for Britain in the economic powerhouse of sub-Saharan Africa

The UK has dropped to fifth position in terms of the countries doing business there – which is, quite frankly, unacceptable.