Overseas Trade: France

(asked on 3rd January 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help increase the (a) volume and (b) value of trade between the UK and France.


Answered by
Douglas Alexander Portrait
Douglas Alexander
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 8th January 2025

Reinvigorating the UK’s relationship with our European partners is a top priority for this Government.

My officials regularly engage with counterparts in the French Government to identify opportunities to increase bilateral trade and investment, including the annual dialogue between DBT and France’s DG Entreprises, which last took place in November 2024. The Secretary of State met his counterpart at the G20 Trade Ministerial Meeting in October, to discuss improving bilateral trade flows and collaboration. My honourable friend, the Minister for Services, Small Business and Exports will also be travelling to France to support UK exporters later this month.

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