Liam Fox was the U.K.'s Secretary of State for International Trade from 2016 to 2019.
Both nations believe in more liberal regulations and would benefit from closer ties
Boris Johnson meets with Shinzo Abe during the G-7 Summit in August 2019: a liberal trading arrangement is in the interests of both Japan and the U.K. © Reuters
Liam Fox was the U.K.'s Secretary of State for International Trade from 2016 to 2019.