“Exports Commission needed to raise UK’s trading performance” urges CBI report
An independent, national Exports Commission must be set up if the UK is serious about turning its export performance around in a meaningful way. This is the main assertion of a new CBI report entitled ‘Best in Class’ in which Britain’s largest business group proposes the creation of a body similar to the Low Pay Commission or the Infrastructure Commission that’s solely focused on exports.
Critically, the proposed body would bring together businesses (from multinationals to growing MSBs as well as first time exporters), economists and a cross-party bench of politicians to give independent advice to the Government on long-term export targets and the policies needed to deliver them.