Trade Agreements

(asked on 5th September 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent progress he has made on UK-third country free trade agreements.


Answered by
George Hollingbery Portrait
George Hollingbery
This question was answered on 13th September 2018

We are working with countries across the world to explore the best ways to develop our current trade and investment relationships and have established working groups and high-level dialogues with a range of key trade partners. Working Group discussions include preparatory work on the potential of future trade agreements towards pursuing an independent trade policy once we have left the EU.

Last July, we launched four public consultations on prospective new agreements with the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as the UK’s potential membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

As a priority, we are seeking continuity of all our existing EU trade agreements. We have had positive discussions with our trading partners towards achieving a smooth transition for businesses and consumers. Ministers and officials are engaging regularly with partner countries to complete this work.

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