Asked by: James Daly (Conservative - Bury North)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to increase trade links with Azad Kashmir.
Answered by Ranil Jayawardena
HM Government continues to work with Pakistan to increase trade and improve the terms of our trading relationship. Pakistan benefits from the Enhanced Framework in our Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) and total trade in goods and services (exports plus imports) between us was £2.4 billion in the four quarters to the end of Q3 2020.
Asked by: James Daly (Conservative - Bury North)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department has made on negotiating a free trade agreement with Pakistan.
Answered by Ranil Jayawardena
HM Government continues to work with Pakistan to improve the terms of our trading relationship.
Pakistan is already granted trade preferences under the Enhanced Framework of our Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) and we are currently reviewing GSP to make it simpler and more generous for both our partners and businesses to use.
A public consultation on GSP will be launched in the coming months.