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The IFT Launch
Daniel Hannan MEP, President of IFT, hosts IFT’s launch with Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP and Secretary of State for International Trade & President of the Board of Trade The Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP. Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson will also attend. Due to the venue capacity and security, attendance is strictly by invitation and registration only.
The IFT Launch
LOCATION
The FCO building was commissioned by Lord Palmerston in 1861, and was described by one of its architects as “a kind of national palace, or drawing-room for the nation”.
The Colonial Office, now known as the Map Room, was the office of the Secretary of state for the Colonies and later the Commonwealth. At one end is a cabinet full of maps (now copies) to consult during meetings. At the other is a fireplace, taken from the old War and Colonial office, on which Nelson and Wellington leant the only time they ever met.
The IFT Launch
SPEAKERS
The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP
UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The Rt Hon Liam Fox MP
UK Secretary of State for International Trade & President of the Board of Trade
Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson
Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs
Daniel Hannan
IFT President, UK Board of Trade, Life Peer of the House of Lords
The IFT Launch
AGENDA
Arrivals with drinks and canapés
Speeches by Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP; Secretary of State for International Trade The Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP; Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson; and Daniel Hannan MEP.
Drinks, canapés and mingling
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