Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with the Department of the Economy in Northern Ireland about the negotiations surrounding the UK’s application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

The Government engages extensively with the Department of the Economy in Northern Ireland on Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) negotiations and has done since the start of the process to join the agreement.
The CPTPP team’s extensive programme of engagement with the Department for Economy includes meetings every six weeks that provide updates on the progress of negotiations providing opportunities for officials to ask questions to technical policy leads.

The Ministerial Forum for Trade gives updates on CPTPP at ministerial level with the most recent taking place on 26^th January 2022.