{"id":18164,"date":"2017-02-28T16:33:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T16:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=18164"},"modified":"2017-02-28T16:33:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T16:33:04","slug":"ams-discuss-wales-global-standing-first-minister-flies-us-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/02\/28\/ams-discuss-wales-global-standing-first-minister-flies-us-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"AMs discuss Wales&#039; global standing as First Minister flies to US over trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASSEMBLY Members discussed Wales\u2019 standing in a post-Brexit world as First Minister Carwyn Jones embarked on a trade mission to the US.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The trip comes one week after AM Ken Skates, the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, travelled to Chongqing and Shanghai to strengthen trade links with China.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16328\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16328\" style=\"width: 397px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-16328\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/01\/Chamber_Julian-Nitzsche-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"AMs were holding their twice-weekly plenary session in Y Siambr\" width=\"397\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/01\/Chamber_Julian-Nitzsche-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/01\/Chamber_Julian-Nitzsche-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/01\/Chamber_Julian-Nitzsche-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/01\/Chamber_Julian-Nitzsche-500x374.jpg 500w, 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/01\/Chamber_Julian-Nitzsche-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/01\/Chamber_Julian-Nitzsche-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/01\/Chamber_Julian-Nitzsche-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/01\/Chamber_Julian-Nitzsche.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/noscript> AMs were holding their twice-weekly plenary session in Y Siambr (Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">National Assembly of Wales<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John Griffiths, Labour AM for Newport East, asked the Leader of the House Jane Hutt &#8212; who filled in for the First Minister during today\u2019s First Minister\u2019s Questions &#8212; for reassurances that the Government would secure participation for Wales in European Commission programmes such as Horizon 2020 and ERASMUS+. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe European Union is a great economic, social and political force in the world,\u201d said Mr Griffiths.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLeaving the European Union threatens to greatly diminish the standing of Wales and the UK in the world.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ms Hutt replied: \u201cWe make it very clear in our White Paper, Securing Wales\u2019 Future, Wales is leaving the EU, but not Europe. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe strongly believe that Wales and the UK should continue to participate in those key EU programmes. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe want to see a far-reaching and far clearer commitment from the UK Government to secure this outcome from the Brexit negotiations.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The White Paper, devised in conjunction with Plaid Cymru, outlines six key areas on which the Government will focus its stance during negotiations: the Single Market and international trade; migration; finance and investment; constitutional and devolution issues; Wales\u2019 social and environmental protections and values; and transitional arrangements.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Published on January 23, it says: \u201cWe urge the UK Government to take Wales\u2019 interests, as outlined by us, fully into account within the wider UK position. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cJust as this White Paper represents the views of more than one party in Wales, we are clear that decisions taken must have regard for the long term national interests of Wales and the UK. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe will be supportive where we can be but vigorously critical where we see Wales\u2019 interests in danger of being squandered or neglected.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18169\" style=\"width: 382px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-18169\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Carwyn-smile-1-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"First Minister Carwyn Jones set off for the USA earlier today \" width=\"382\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Carwyn-smile-1-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Carwyn-smile-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Carwyn-smile-1-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Carwyn-smile-1-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Carwyn-smile-1-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Carwyn-smile-1.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18169\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Carwyn-smile-1-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"First Minister Carwyn Jones set off for the USA earlier today \" width=\"382\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Carwyn-smile-1-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Carwyn-smile-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Carwyn-smile-1-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Carwyn-smile-1-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Carwyn-smile-1-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Carwyn-smile-1.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/noscript> First Minister Carwyn Jones set off for the USA earlier today (Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">National Assembly for Wales<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The First Minister has been on several trade missions to the USA during his tenure, and this is his second since Britain\u2019s vote to leave the EU. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In September of last year, he visited Atlanta, Cincinnati and Chicago, while he has undertaken similar trade missions in 2012, 2013 and 2014. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a statement before his departure, the First Minister said: \u201cWales has long been a destination of choice for many American businesses and we want to welcome even more in the future. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEqually, Welsh businesses have been successful in selling to the United States across a range of sectors and I believe we can do even better in the future.<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cIn my discussions with American businesses, politicians and diplomats, I will be raising the importance of further developing free trade between our countries and the removal of barriers to make trade between us easier and quicker.\u201d<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, leader of the Welsh Conservatives Andrew RT Davies AM says that figures show the First Minister\u2019s trade missions have yielded little success.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He said: \u201cEvery year Carwyn Jones sets off to the United States with the same message, and promises to sell Wales to the world.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYet in reality, Welsh exports have almost halved since he started trade missions to North America.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe need to see tangible evidence that the First Minister has a plan to capitalise on promising signs for trade with the US, not another speech trashing our post-Brexit prospects.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18171\" style=\"width: 304px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-18171\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/RTD-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies was critical of the First Minister's trade missions \" width=\"304\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/RTD-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/RTD-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/RTD-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/RTD-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/RTD-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/RTD.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18171\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/RTD-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies was critical of the First Minister's trade missions \" width=\"304\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/RTD-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/RTD-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/RTD-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/RTD-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/RTD-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/RTD.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/noscript> Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies was critical of the First Minister&#8217;s trade missions (Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">National Assembly for Wales<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking at today\u2019s plenary session, Nick Ramsay, Conservative AM for Monmouth, said: \u201cIt is clearly vital that we develop stronger economic links across the world in the wake of the vote to leave the European Union, and if we could still in some way access schemes such as Horizon 2020 and similar programme following Brexit &#8212; then that would be a bonus. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHowever, I would say a trade mission only works if planning has gone into it, and the right companies have been invited in good time, and the mission is clear about its objectives. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThat didn\u2019t happen entirely in 2012. Has it happened this time around?\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who is on that mission with the First Minister? Have they been given adequate preparation time?\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Miss Hutt replied: \u201cI am disappointed that you speak of trade missions disparagingly, and don\u2019t welcome the trade missions.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wales is clearly open for business.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASSEMBLY Members discussed Wales\u2019 standing in a post-Brexit world as First Minister Carwyn Jones embarked on a trade mission to the US. The trip comes one week after AM Ken Skates, the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, travelled to Chongqing and Shanghai to strengthen trade links with China. John Griffiths, Labour AM for Newport East, asked the Leader of the House Jane Hutt &#8212; who filled in for the First Minister during today\u2019s First Minister\u2019s Questions &#8212; for reassurances [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":18169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,113],"tags":[4637,1291,2141,930,3405,2493,4050,715,588,4638,339],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-18164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorised","tag-andrew-rt-davies","tag-cardiff-2","tag-carwyn-jones","tag-conservatives","tag-first-minister","tag-government","tag-ken-skates","tag-labour","tag-senedd","tag-usa","tag-wales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>AMs discuss Wales&#039; global standing as First Minister flies to US over trade - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/02\/28\/ams-discuss-wales-global-standing-first-minister-flies-us-trade\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AMs discuss Wales&#039; global standing as First Minister flies to US over trade - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ASSEMBLY Members discussed Wales\u2019 standing in a post-Brexit world as First Minister Carwyn Jones embarked on a trade mission to the US. 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