We start this year as an EU member state and we will end it as an independent trading nation. 2020 is the year the UK reaches out across the world and kick starts the decade of trade.

One of the greatest boons of Brexit is that we are going to take back control of our future.

We will decide what regulations we want, we will decide how we want our economy to be run and we will decide how we want to run our public services.

The NHS is the nation’s proudest and most beloved institution. For more than 70 years, it has been there for all of us, through the highs and lows, from cradle to grave – we all have a personal connection in some way.

Returning for the city where she spent several years of her childhood, attending Roundhay School and “hanging around in Roundhay Park”, she yesterday toured local businesses extolling the opportunities for post-Brexit global trade.

Super Saturday could have been the day MPs finally implemented the referendum result, opening the door to a bright new future for our country.

Since taking on the role of International Trade Secretary I have strived to set out my vision for future trade.

I believe in free trade and breaking down barriers to give people in Britain and across the world the opportunity and freedom to get on in life.

Yesterday I visited Geneva, the home of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the place where free and fair trading rules are forged and trade disputes are resolved.

We’ve also just seen a major boost to British-made food and drink exporters in the last year - an industry that has been going from strength to strength. On this sunny bank holiday weekend, many of us will be soaking up the sunshine with a made-in-the-UK gin and tonic or craft beer in hand, and B

We will do for Britain’s port cities now what we did for the Docklands then, while also boosting the competitiveness of great British exports. We all know that Liverpool grew rich from trade to the USA, about Teesside’s close links to the Pacific, and the rich fishing trade that is the lifeblood

Wednesday saw Britain turn the page to a new chapter of optimism and success. Our new Prime Minister embodies a nation with renewed self-confidence, one that’s not afraid to do things differently. And there couldn’t be a better example of that than trade.