Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was joined by the Labour Party’s Welsh leader, Mark Drakeford, as they announced two new freeports in the principality.
The Conservative-run British government and the Welsh government, led by Labour, say the freeports could create 20,000 new jobs by the end of the decade.
The winning bids were one from the port of Holyhead in Anglesey, north Wales, and another joint bid by Milford Haven and Port Talbot in south-west Wales which will be known as the Celtic Freeport.
A third bid by Newport/Cardiff was rejected.
The Conservative Party’s manifesto at the December 2019 general election not only promised to deliver Brexit but also included a promise to create 10 new freeports around the country….