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Debate between Virginia Crosbie and David Duguid
Thursday 20th January 2022

(2 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Virginia Crosbie Portrait Virginia Crosbie (Ynys Môn) (Con)
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5. What steps her Department is taking to increase trade with Australia.

David Duguid Portrait David Duguid (Banff and Buchan) (Con)
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7. What steps her Department is taking to increase trade with Australia.

Anne-Marie Trevelyan Portrait The Secretary of State for International Trade (Anne-Marie Trevelyan)
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The UK signed its first “from scratch” free trade agreement with Australia on 16 December 2021. The deal is expected to increase trade with Australia by 53%. Both countries have committed to removing tariffs on a vast array of popular products, which can now be more easily traded, including eliminating tariffs on 100% of UK exports. This deal is tailored to British strengths, providing benefits for our world-class services industry, unprecedented new opportunities for UK professionals abroad, and for trading digitally.