The UK Trade and Business Commission is a cross-party, cross-industry body established in 2021 to conduct the most comprehensive consultation of UK businesses since leaving the European Union.

In 2025, the Commission is relaunching to help fix the problems business faces after Brexit.

Members of the Commission

Members of the Commission 2021-2024

Advisers to the Commission

Anatole Kaletsky

Economics Adviser to the UK Trade and Business Commission
Anatole is an economist with an international reputation, and is active in the worlds of both business and non-profit. An award-winning author and former economic journalist for The Times, Financial Times, The Economist, New York Times and Reuters. He is now co-chairman and chief economist of Gavekal Dragonomics, an economic consulting and asset management company.

 
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David Henig

Trade Adviser to the UK Trade and Business Commission
David is the UK Director at the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) and a leading expert and writer on Brexit negotiations and the trade policy issues arising from Brexit. He also writes extensively about EU and global trade developments with a regular column for the online trade news service Borderlex. Prior to 2018 he worked on trade and investment issues for the UK Government for a number of years, including on US-EU trade negotiations, and building the trade function after Brexit. David regularly discusses trade policy issues in the media, at events, and with politicians.

The UK Trade and Business Commission has made 114 recommendations to the UK Government - solutions to the barriers to trade and growth for the UK’s businesses and consumers.