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Department for Trade and Industry: Joint Directorate and the British Overseas Trade...
Catalogue reference: NK 119
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NK 119
This series contains registered files of the Joint Directorate and the British Overseas Trade Board (and successors) from the prefixes JDP/MFC, MFI, GBH and ABF/ABG. The records relate to the negotiation, ratification and implementation of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- NK 119
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department for Trade and Industry: Joint Directorate and the British Overseas Trade Board and successors: Registered Files (JDP/MFC, MFI, GBH and ABF/ABG Prefix)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1991-2007
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Joint Directorate and the British Overseas Trade Board (and successors) from the prefixes JDP/MFC, MFI, GBH and ABF/ABG. The records relate to the negotiation, ratification and implementation of Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (IPPAs) between the UK and other countries, as well as business links and export promotion. This work was carried out jointly between the Department for Trade and Industry and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged by former reference
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- JDP, MFC, MFI, GBH, ABF and ABG
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of Trade and Industry, Joint Directorate and the British Overseas Trade Board, 1991-1994
- Department of Trade and Industry, Joint Export Promotion Directorate, 1994-1999
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Economic Policy Department, 1991-2006
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Records not yet transferred
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Department for International Trade
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Trade and commerce
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The Department of Trade and Industry and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office shared ownership of these records since their creation. The Department for International Trade took ownership of the records in 2016.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Both the Department of Trade and Industry and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office contributed records to the JDP/MFC, MFI, GBH and ABF/ABG prefixes since their creation. The Joint Directorate and the British Overseas Trade Board (JD BOTB) was responsible for the development of export promotion policy and the delivery of overseas trade services. This included the negotiation, ratification and implementation of Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (IPPAs) between the UK and other countries, as well as business links and export promotion. JD BOTB was jointly staffed by DTI and FCO. It was replaced by the Joint Export Promotion Directorate (JEPD) in 1994. Both of these Directorates worked alongside the Economic Policy Directorate (ECPOL) of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. ECPOL took over the lead responsibility for IPPAs from JEPD between 1999-2002. At that time, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth affairs was responsible for the negotiation and policy of the agreement and the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry was then seen to be responsible for implementing and operating the agreement. The Sustainable Development and Business Group of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office took over the responsbility for IPPAs from 2006.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18063749/
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