UK and Israel Start New Trade Deal Talks

The U.K. and Israel launched negotiations July 20 for a new trade deal, the U.K.'s Department for International Trade announced. The deal would boost tech firms and services companies, as the talks seek to yield a "modern, revamped trading relationship between two of the world's services superpowers," the DIT said. International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan announced the start of the talks in London, which focused on services trade, a sector that isn't included in the current bilateral free trade agreement between the two countries.