Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she will seek to secure a special automotive carve out with Japan as part of accession talks to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership; and if she will make a statement.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership is a pre-existing agreement signed by eleven countries and ratified by eight. It is not possible to re-write the agreement, because this is an accession process, not a brand-new free trade agreement negotiation

The Government cannot comment on the sensitive detail of live negotiations; however, accession will only take place on terms beneficial to the UK.