>> WELCOME TO NEW HAMPSHIRE'S
BUSINESS.
I'M FRED KOCHER.
HER MAJESTY'S GENERAL COUNSEL IS
REASSURING BUSINESSES THAT THE
U.K. ECONOMY IS STRONG.
YOU'RE GOING TO MEET HER IN A
MINUTE.
HERE ARE THEY ARE CREDENTIALS.
SHE'S THE NEW COUNCIL GENERAL
FROM NEW ENGLAND.
SHE'S HAD POSTS IN YEMEN AND
MORACCO.
SHE'S BEEN A MEMBER OF THE
FOREIGN OFFICE COVERING EU
RELATIONS IN LONDON AND A POLICY
ADVISOR FOR THE U.K. NATIONAL
CRIME SQUAD.
WITH ME IS HARRIET CROSS, NICE
TO HAVE YOU IN NEW ENGLAND,
WELCOME, WELCOME.
>> IT'S MY PLEASURE.
>> I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY THAT
GREAT BRITAIN PAYS MORE
ATTENTION TO NEW HAMPSHIRE THAN
ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
AND YOU'RE GOOD EVIDENCE OF THAT
AND SO IS YOUR PREDECESSOR.
>> DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT.
LET ME OPEN, THIS PAST WEEK,
YOUR PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY
SET THE POSITION IN MARCH, AND
THERE'S ANXIOUS OF BUSINESSES
DOING BUSINESS IN THE U.K. BOTH
IN THIS COUNTRY AND YOUR
COUNTRY.
THEY DON'T KNOW THE TERMS OF
CELEBRATION, BUT THAT THIS
DISRUPTION DOING BUSINESS.
YOU'RE TRAVELLING TO ASSURE THAT
THE U.K. XH I --
ECONOMY IS STRONG.
>> I'M TELLING THEM A BIG
POLITICAL EVENT HAPPENED IN THE
U.K., 33 MILLION VOTED AND 52%
VOTED TO LEAVE THE EU.
SO THIS HAS TO HAPPEN AND
THERE'S BOUND TO BE UNCERTAINTY.
WHERE THERE'S UNCERTAINTY,
THERE'S OPPORTUNITY EVE
ENTREPRENEUR WOULD TELL YOU.
THERESA MAY IS DETERMINED TO GET
THE BEST FOR BUSINES.
FRED: THE BATTLE GROUND FOR
NEGOTIATING THIS DIVORCE,
WHETHER THE U.K. CAN TRADE
FREELY WITH EUROPE AND PUTTING
CONTROLS ON MIGRATION AS WELL.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S DOABLE?
>> WELL, WE WILL BE TRYING TO
GET THE WEST DEAL POSSIBLE FOR
THE U.K.
NOW, WHAT WE CAN'T DO IS EXPLAIN
OUR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY BECAUSE
IT WOULDN' BE WISE.
>> IT WOULDN'T.
>> BUT CLEARLY, WE WANT A GREAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH EUROPEAN
PARTNERS, WE'RE NOT LEAVING
EUROPE, WE'RE LEAVING THE EU.
THEY'LL STILL BE OUR TRADING
PARTNERS AND FRIENDS, BUT WE
WOULD WANT TO CONTROL OUR OWN
BORDERS AND CONTROL IMMIGRATION.
>> DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO
DO BOTH?
>> THAT'S WHAT THERESA MAY SAID
AND I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN BRITISH
NEGOTIATE HE IS TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
>> WHICH YOU'VE BEEN, IN PART OF
YOUR CAREER.
>> TRADE WITH NEW ENGLAND, AND
COUNSEL GENERAL TO NEW ENGLAND.
NEW HAMPSHIRE, EXPORTS TO THE
U.K., 265 MILLION EXPORTS FROM
NEW HAMPSHIRE TO THE U.K. IN
2015.
AND 104 MILLION IN IMPORTS FROM
THE U.K. IN 2015.
THAT PUTS NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL
THIRD IN YOUNG BEHIND
MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT
FOR TRADE WITH YOUNG.
WHAT'S THE STATUS FROM WHERE YOU
SIT AS COUNSEL GENERAL.
IS THAT ON THE INCREASE OR WHERE
IS IT?
>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY ON THE
INCREASE AND THAT'S WHY WE MAY
ATTENTION TO NEW ENGLAND, THE
TRADE RELATIONSHIP IS SO
IMPORTANT.
THE U.K. IS NEW HAMPSHIRE'S
BIGGEST EXPORT MARKET IN THE EU
AND THE FIFTH BIGGEST MARKET IN
THE WORLD AND THAT REALLY MEANS
SOMETHING TO US.
SO WE TAKE CARE TO DEVELOP AND
STRENGTHSEN THESE LINKS BETWEEN
THE U.K. AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.
>> TELL US ABOUT YOUR NEW PRIME
MINISTER, THERESA MAY.
WE DON'T KNOW HER.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW HER.
SHE'S A VERY INTERESTING WOMAN.
SHE WAS THE HOME SECRETARY.
SO IN CHARGE OF ISSUES OF
SECURITY AND IMMIGRATION FOR
MANY YEARS SO SHE'S BEEN AT THE
HEART OF GOVERNMENT FOR A LONG
TIME AND SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S
TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT SHE HAS
SAID IS SHE WANTS A DEAL THAT
MAKES SENSE TO THE BRITISH
PEOPLE AND THAT IS A DEAL THAT
IS DONE IN THE COURSE OF TIME.
SHE'S NOT RUNNING INTO THIS.
SHE'LL TRIGGER ARTICLE 50 THE
POINT THAT WE LEAVE THE EU NEXT
YEAR, NEXT MARCH AND WE'VE GOT
TWO YEARS TO GET IT DONE SO
SHE'S GOING TO DO IT PROPERLY
AND IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE
U.K.
>> VERY QUICKLY, YOUR TIE ON
RELATIONSHIPS WITH UNIVERSITIES.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TRY TO DO
IN NEW ENGLAND?
>> FOR ME, MAKE SURE WE'RE
REACHING OUT.
WE'VE GOT BRILLIANT WITH HARVARD
AND MIT, BUT I'M KEEN TO BUILD
UP OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH
RELATIONSHIPS ALL OVER NEW
ENGLAND AND PARTICULARLY NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
FRED: I WANT TO THANK YOU.
HARRIET CROSS THE NEW
COUNSEL-GENERAL TO NEW ENGLAND
FROM THE U.K.
THIS YOU, NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> MY PLEASURE, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.