UK: What version of a global Britain?

Having left the European Union, in the UK a key question was that of what kind of international outlook the country would take: would trade be the overriding goal as the UK sought to rework its international relationships, or would the country stand for something more on the world stage? For civil society looking for early indications, a severe blow came in June, when the UK government announced that its development agency, the Department for International Development, would be merged into its foreign ministry.