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''UK government international trade.''
(DWP).  


(DIT).
''UK government''.  


The former DIT was the UK government international economic department that was responsible for:
The UK Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy.  
*Securing free trade agreements and reducing market access barriers, ensuring that UK consumers and businesses can benefit from both.
*Delivering economic growth throughout the UK through attracting and retaining inward investment.
*Supporting UK business to take full advantage of trade opportunities, including those arising from delivering free trade agreements and facilitating UK exports.
*Championing the international trading system and operating the UK’s post-Brexit trading system, including protecting UK businesses from unfair trade practices.


It administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits.


The DIT's responsibilities were transferred to the newly formed Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in February 2023.


== See also ==
* [[HM Treasury]]
* [[Occupational pension scheme]]
* [[Money and Pensions Service]]
* [[The Pensions Advisory Service]]
* [[Welfare]]


==See also==
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
* [[Brexit]]
* [[Department for Business and Trade]]  (DBT)
* [[Export Credits Guarantee Department]]  (ECGD)
* [[European Union]]
* [[Free trade]]
* [[Free trade agreement]]  (FTA)
* [[Inward investment]]
* [[International trade]]
* [[Trade finance]]
* [[UK Export Finance]]
* [[World Trade Organization]]
 
 
== External link ==
[https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-and-trade UK Department for Business and Trade home page]
 
[[Category:Trade_finance]]

Revision as of 15:09, 5 June 2019

(DWP).

UK government.

The UK Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy.

It administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits.


See also