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	The '''Institute for Free Trade''' is a UK-based think tank, or lobby group, for free trade launched in September 2017.		The '''Institute for Free Trade''' is a UK-based think tank, or lobby group, for free trade launched in September 2017.

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−	[[Category:Think Tanks]][[Category:UK]][[Category:Brexit]]	+	[[Category:Think Tanks]][[Category:UK]][[Category:Brexit]][[Category:Brexit lobby group - Leave]]

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 The '''Institute for Free Trade''' is a UK-based think tank, or lobby group, for free trade launched in September 2017.
-It is based at the same London address as the free market think tank, [[Centre for Policy Studies]] and the now dormant anti-EU free market lobby group, [[Global Vision]].
+It is based at the same London address as the free market think tank, [[Centre for Policy Studies]] and the now seemingly dormant anti-EU free market lobby group, [[Global Vision]].
 Its stated mission is to 'recapture the moral case for open commerce'.

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 *[[Tony Abbott]], ex-Prime Minister of Australia
 *[[José María Aznar]], ex-Prime Minister of Spain and director of [[News Corporation]]
-*[[Jorge Quiroga]], ex-President of Bolivia
+*[[Jorge Quiroga]], ex-President of Bolivia (from 7 August 2001 to 6 August 2002)
 *[[Ben Sasse]], US Senator for Nebraska; Sasse has been associated with the libertarian US billionaires [[Charles Koch]] and [[David Koch]], repeatedly attending Koch brothers events.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/koch-brothers-retreat-focuses-health-care-midterm-elections-n776546 Koch Network ‘Disappointed’ in Health Care Bill, Targets Midterm Elections] NBC News, 25 June 2017</ref>
 *[[Michael Howard]], ex-UK Home Secretary, and former Leader of the [[Conservative Party]].

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 *[[José María Aznar]], ex-Prime Minister of Spain and director of [[News Corporation]]
 *[[Jorge Quiroga]], ex-President of Bolivia
-*[[Ben Sasse]], US Senator for Nebraska
+*[[Ben Sasse]], US Senator for Nebraska; Sasse has been associated with the libertarian US billionaires [[Charles Koch]] and [[David Koch]], repeatedly attending Koch brothers events.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/koch-brothers-retreat-focuses-health-care-midterm-elections-n776546 Koch Network ‘Disappointed’ in Health Care Bill, Targets Midterm Elections] NBC News, 25 June 2017</ref>
 *[[Michael Howard]], ex-UK Home Secretary, and former Leader of the [[Conservative Party]].

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 ==Approach to Brexit==
-According to The Times, the Institute wants to work with ministers and businesses to dodge restrictions on negotiating deals before Britain withdraws from the EU in 2019. It also wants to change policy by calling for Britain to abandon European product standards.<ref>[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/boris-johnson-hosts-hard-brexit-lobby-group-liam-fox-institute-for-free-trade-john-moynihan-daniel-hannan-ctbszhchz Boris Johnson hosts hard Brexit lobby group], The Times, 27 September 2017</ref>
+According to ''The Times'', the Institute wants to work with ministers and businesses to dodge restrictions on negotiating deals before Britain withdraws from the EU in 2019. It also wants to change policy by calling for Britain to abandon European product standards.<ref>[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/boris-johnson-hosts-hard-brexit-lobby-group-liam-fox-institute-for-free-trade-john-moynihan-daniel-hannan-ctbszhchz Boris Johnson hosts hard Brexit lobby group], The Times, 27 September 2017</ref>
 ==Political links==

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 The Institute for Free Trade was launched on 27 September 2017 at an event hosted by Foreign Secretary [[Boris Johnson]] in the map room in the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]. International Trade Secretary [[Liam Fox]] also spoke at the event.<ref>[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/boris-johnson-hosts-hard-brexit-lobby-group-liam-fox-institute-for-free-trade-john-moynihan-daniel-hannan-ctbszhchz Boris Johnson hosts hard Brexit lobby group], The Times, 27 September 2017</ref>
-It says it will 'work closely with, though independently of, the UK’s newly established International Trade Department, ensuring that Brexit becomes a catalyst for a freer global trading order.'
+It says it will 'work closely with, though independently of, the UK’s newly established [[Department for International Trade]], ensuring that Brexit becomes a catalyst for a freer global trading order.'
 It describes itself as having 'extensive networks within governments'.