The Brexit Opportunities Minister said popular items, such as trainers, could become much cheaper if plans for the UK to unilaterally lift some tariffs are given the go-ahead.
Mr Rees-Mogg - who donned an apron and hat as he joined the production line at the Elkes Biscuits factory in Uttoxeter – said he is going through inherited EU law line by line to bin rules that keep prices high.
New legislation will make it easier for the UK to ditch rules drawn up by Brussels and “scrape the barnacles off the boat”, he said.
He explained: “It's about dealing with small regulations that make lots of individual things that bit more expensive.
"It's trying to find out how much more we can do on that.
"I discovered last night from a Swiss ambassador that we don't recognise the quality of Swiss medical devices because of a row between the EU and Switzerland.
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