Overseas Trade: EU Countries and USA

(asked on 20th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her Department's policies of (a) the EU's publication entitled European economic security strategy, published on 26 June 2023 and (b) Executive Order 14017 on America's Supply Chains, signed by President Biden on 24 February 2021.


Answered by
Nusrat Ghani Portrait
Nusrat Ghani
Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
This question was answered on 27th November 2023

a) The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and other departments have assessed the high-level strategy published by the EU, which broadly aligns with UK interests. DBT is engaging closely with the EU and Member States across this agenda at ministerial and senior official level, as well as in technical discussions on specific policy areas.

b) Executive Order 14017 instructs heads of US agencies to complete reviews of supply chain resilience. It does not directly impact UK policies. This Government has been proactively working with allies including the US on resilience, including reducing vulnerabilities in critical technologies and on clean energy supply chains through our Atlantic Declaration.

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