Meaningful two-way engagement with industry stakeholders and the devolved administrations (DAs) is essential for delivering the UK’s trade objectives. The Government has well established, productive stakeholder relationships across the whole EFRA portfolio with high levels of two-way cooperation and information sharing, including on trade matters that inform FTA negotiations. Key agri-food stakeholders are also members of the agri-food TAG committee which provide additional opportunities to discuss trade matters and share more sensitive information. TAG membership is regularly reviewed according to the needs of the UK’s trade policy. The next membership review is set to take place this summer, any updates to membership will be available on gov.uk. The UK Government fully recognises the important role the DAs have in implementing our shared international obligations. There are well-established governance mechanisms, structures and working groups designed to facilitate strong intergovernmental working between Defra, DIT and the DAs, and these are kept under continual review to identify potential areas of improvement. This ensures that DAs are consulted throughout the trade negotiation process and can contribute to shaping the Government’s trade policy agenda. We are encouraging the DAs to find ways to deepen their involvement and feed in more of their own supporting analysis.