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International Trade and Policy Groups
The working groups provide business intelligence, networking and event opportunities. Get involved if you are a techUK member. Click on the group you are interested in to find out more and join!
Trade Working Group
The techUK Trade Working Group aids members in shaping the UK's digital trade policy, addressing bilateral trade negotiations, and engaging in WTO e-commerce talks. It also fosters techUK leadership in global settings such as WTO, OECD, UNCTAD, G7, G20.
EU Policy Working Group
The techUK EU Policy Working Group keeps members informed and facilitates discussions on key EU legislative developments that impact the tech sector and UK-EU trade flows.
Trade and Customs Compliance Group
The Trade and Customs Compliance Group (formerly JETSECC & ITAC) is the policy work forum on export controls, dual-use, defence exports, customs and the rules around international trade.
Tech Forums
techUK has a number of country-specific forums that bring members together to discuss issues and events that may impact their growth within that locality and between the two nations.
UK-India Tech Forum
This Forum focuses on the tech and trade relationship between the UK and India, with the FTA expected to be signed in 2024. It provides an avenue for trade and investment concerns to be raised regarding companies that currently operate between the UK and India, and focuses on the opportunities in emerging tech between the UK and India
UK-China Tech Forum
The Forum allows members to engage with government and business stakeholders from both the UK and China to discuss some of the key challenges and opportunities they see when operating in China (or the UK). The Forum acknowledges the geopolitical sensitivities of the UK-China relationship and looks to deepen collaboration in some of the non-politically sensitive areas of tech and trade.
UK-Japan Tech Forum
Following the conclusion of the Hiroshima Accord & the CEPA, this Forum plays a key role in shaping the tech and trading relationship between the UK and Japan. The Forum also seeks to help companies, especially those in the emerging tech space, to expand and export into Japan, and vice-versa.
UK-APAC Tech Forum
This Forum, which focuses on Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and the ASEAN countries (+CPTPP countries), provides engagement opportunities with key stakeholders in government and business to drive new digital economy agreements, address barriers to digital market access and expand and demystify the growth of commercial networks in the region
Our Other Activity
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Tech & Geopolitics 2026 Conference
The conference will bring together academics, thought leaders, technology experts and policy makers at techUK’s annual International Conference focused on technology, trade and geopolitics. For sponsorship and speaking opportunities, members should reach out to [email protected]
Meet the Team!
Sabina Ciofu
Sabina Ciofu is Associate Director – International, running the International Policy and Trade Programme at techUK.
Based in Brussels, she leads our EU policy and engagement. She is also our lead on international trade policy, with a focus on digital trade chapter in FTAs, regulatory cooperation as well as broader engagement with the G7, G20, WTO and OECD.
As a transatlanticist at heart, Sabina is a GMF Marshall Memorial fellow and issue-lead on the EU-US Trade and Technology Council, within DigitalEurope.
Previously, she worked as Policy Advisor to a Member of the European Parliament for almost a decade, where she specialised in tech regulation, international trade and EU-US relations.
Sabina loves building communities and bringing people together. She is the founder of the Gentlewomen’s Club and co-organiser of the Young Professionals in Digital Policy. Previously, as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community, she led several youth civic engagement and gender equality projects.
She sits on the Advisory Board of the University College London European Institute, Café Transatlantique, a network of women in transatlantic technology policy and The Nine, Brussels’ first members-only club designed for women.
Sabina holds an MA in War Studies from King’s College London and a BA in Classics from the University of Cambridge.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- +32 473 323 280
- Website:
- www.techuk.org
Daniel Clarke
Dan joined techUK as a Policy Manager for International Policy and Trade in March 2023.
Before techUK, Dan worked for data and consulting company GlobalData as an analyst of tech and geopolitics. He has also worked in public affairs, political polling, and has written freelance for the New Statesman and Investment Monitor.
Dan has a degree in MSc International Public Policy from University College London, and a BA Geography degree from the University of Sussex.
Outside of work, Dan is a big fan of football, cooking, going to see live music, and reading about international affairs.
- Email:
- [email protected]
Theophile Maiziere
Theo joined techUK in 2024 as EU Policy Manager. Based in Brussels, he works on our EU policy and engagement.
Theo is an experienced policy adviser who has helped connect EU and non-EU decision makers.
Prior to techUK, Theo worked at the EU delegation to Australia, the Israeli trade mission to the EU, and the City of London Corporation’s Brussels office. In his role, Theo ensures that techUK members are well-informed about EU policy, its origins, and its implications, while also facilitating valuable input to Brussels-based decision-makers.
Theo holds and LLM in International and European law, and an MA in European Studies, both from the University of Amsterdam.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Website:
- www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- linkedin.com/in/théophile-maiziere-a32772111
Lewis Walmesley-Browne
Lewis' programmes cover a range of policy areas within Market Access (international trade regulation, sanctions and export controls, technical standards and product compliance, supply chains) and Consumer Tech (media and broadcast policy, consumer electronics, and connected home technology).
Prior to joining techUK, Lewis worked in government affairs and policy roles for international trade associations in Southeast Asia including the American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce and the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia.
He holds an undergraduate degree in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Public Policy & Management from SOAS University of London.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lewis-walmesley-browne/