International trade and investment

Our international work

A key priority of our international strategy is to contribute to the development of a UK trade and investment policy that promotes the international growth of member firms and advances the UK’s world-leading position in financial and related professional services.

With the support of our International Trade and Investment Group, we do this by:

  • Encouraging collaboration between industry, government and regulators to promote the UK’s international competitiveness, grow the UK’s share in global financial and professional services’ markets, and build new capabilities in key areas of future growth
  • Developing and maintaining bilateral trade and investment. relationships with major trading partners and countries which present significant opportunities for UK-based companies.
  • Ensuring these key relationships help deliver UK ambitions in plurilateral and multilateral contexts, influencing the future shape of the UK’s regulatory, legal and tax regimes and the approach of its regulatory and supervisory authorities; this includes the evolution of the frameworks affecting businesses as they adapt to technological, environmental and social change.
  • Developing potential opportunities for the industry in developed, emerging and niche markets.
  • Supporting key market initiatives and services trade.
  • Continuing to be a partner to UK Government efforts to deepen economic relationships with key markets such as the US, China, Switzerland, Japan and Singapore.
  • Drawing on work of the International Regulatory Strategy Group (IRSG) on international standards and multilateral/cross-cutting regulatory issues across different markets to advise the work of the Market Advisory Groups.

Scroll through the infographics below to find out more about the UK’s status as an international finance centre:

Our latest international trade and investment work:

TheCityUK response to US outbound investment security consultation

Our comments seek clarification and guidance on issues pertaining to the proposed implementation of the US outbound investment security programme.

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British American Finance Alliance: Paper on deepening our engagement with the U.S.-UK authorities

The British American Finance Alliance (BAFA) welcomes the evolving U.S.-UK collaboration in response to rising geopolitical tensions, and the accelerating changes in climate and technology. 

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Our latest international trade and investment news:

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UK-EU financial services exports: which countries are most prominent?

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TheCityUK response to the UK’s ratification of the CPTPP

Global Services Coalition (GSC) and Asia Pacific Services Coalition (APSC)'s efforts towards a positive outcome of WTO E- Commerce negotiations

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What does UK-US financial services trade comprise?

Events:

TheCityUK National Conference 2024

Register for our 2024 event taking place in Birmingham. The conference will discuss how the financial and related professional services industry can address some of the challenges facing the country.

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TheCityUK International Conference 2024

If you missed out on our 2024 event, the sessions from our popular International Conference are available to watch now.

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