Trade Agreements: Japan and South Korea

(asked on 27th January 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the publication of the negotiation objectives for trade deals with (a) Japan and (b) South Korea.


Answered by
Conor Burns Portrait
Conor Burns
This question was answered on 30th January 2020

The Department for International Trade continues to carry out internal processes to prepare for future negotiations with Japan. Both countries have agreed that they will work quickly to build a new economic partnership.

On 22 August 2019, the UK signed a continuity Free Trade Agreement with South Korea. Information about the terms of the agreement is outlined in the Parliamentary report, published on GOV.UK.

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