Lord Marland: ‘People are obsessed with free trade agreements’

The preoccupation with free trade between countries hides the real issue, says the chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council “[Trading with] the Commonwealth is a no brainer,” says Lord Marland, chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC). “[But] there’s no doubt the UK has withdrawn from a lot of the Commonwealth countries, because it hasn’t had the support of the government as it used to. We’re going to have to