Beef: USA

(asked on 18th June 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the Government’s planned timetable is for laying legislation to implement the preferential duty-free quota for US beef imports under the Economic Prosperity Deal.


Answered by
Douglas Alexander Portrait
Douglas Alexander
Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 23rd June 2025

On 16 June, we announced concrete progress towards the implementation of the UK-US trade deal as agreed on 8 May.

The US Executive Order confirmed that the US will put in place the agreed quota for car exports to the US, reducing US tariffs from 27.5% to 10%. The UK will lay legislation to create our agreed beef and ethanol quotas in line with US implementation.

The government remains focused on making sure British businesses can secure the benefits of the deal as soon as possible.

The Economic Prosperity Deal and any implementing legislation will be presented to Parliament in due course.

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