Mentions:
1: Henry Smith (Con - Crawley) I thank Mr Speaker for granting me this debate on the importance of aviation to UK trade and to the future - Speech Link
2: Robert Syms (Con - Poole) The World Bank recently conducted a survey in which it looked at the future of world trade. - Speech Link
3: Henry Smith (Con - Crawley) a positive trade balance of more than £300 billion.Businesses in these sectors have been interviewed - Speech Link
Written Evidence May. 08 2024
Inquiry: Net zero and tradeFound: NZT0019 - Net zero and trade Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) Written Evidence
Feb. 19 2024
Source Page: Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership [MS No.2/2024]Found: The CPTPP is a free trade agreement between Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia
Mentions:
1: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) does he expect the design to be locked down, the national work shares to be settled, the manufacturing agreements - Speech Link
2: Greg Clark (Con - Tunbridge Wells) I have the honour of being the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to Japan. - Speech Link
3: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) Friend in Japan that I heard of little else while I was there last week. - Speech Link
4: Richard Graham (Con - Gloucester) interest here: will he also confirm that he will be deploying the Prime Minister’s Indo-Pacific-focused trade - Speech Link
5: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) to thank him publicly for his work in south-east Asia, where he does a tremendous job as one of the trade - Speech Link
Asked by: Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative - Elmet and Rothwell)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to increase levels of meat and poultry exports.
Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
To support delivery of the Government’s Export Strategy the Prime Minister recently announced a food and drink export package to boost export capability and deliver on growing demand for our high-quality UK produce across the world. This included a further expansion of our global agrifood and drink counsellor network who negotiate removal of trade barriers in growing global markets. Within the last year we have successfully secured access for lamb to the USA and apples to India. The export package also included a £2m boost to promotional activity such as trade shows and missions that help drive demand for UK products alongside the GREAT food and drink campaign.
To further support food producers export, we have held a range of National and Regional food summits with dedicated SME workshops to highlight export opportunities and build capability.
Supporting this increased investment in exports we have an ambitious programme of negotiations for free trade agreements which is delivering results. On 31 May the UK’s first new free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand came into force, opening markets for UK producers across all products. On 31 March, the Government substantially concluded negotiations on the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a free trade agreement (FTA) including 11 members: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. This trade deal will see new export opportunities for food producers including exporters of meat and poultry.
We work closely with a wide range of industry representative partners to identify and prioritise barrier removal, and to seize opportunities to streamline the export process for animals and animal products. Alongside opening new market opportunities, we are also increasing resilience and mitigating risks to existing trade. This is particularly the case with poultry where we are working with trade partners to agree regionalisation agreements to allow trade from unaffected regions to continue in the context of Avian Influenza outbreaks.
Written Evidence Jan. 23 2024
Inquiry: The UK Government’s work on achieving SDG2: Zero HungerFound: SZH0007 - The UK Government’s work on achieving SDG2: Zero Hunger Transform Trade Written Evidence
Written Evidence May. 21 2024
Inquiry: UK-EU data adequacyFound: We bring together companies that advertise, their agencies, the media and relevant trade associations
Apr. 22 2024
Source Page: Trade and business facts and figuresFound: Trade and business facts and figures
Laid - 26 Mar 2024 In Force Not stated
These Regulations are made under the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22).
Found: Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements) (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific
Nov. 15 2023
Source Page: UK attends first CPTPP meeting since signing up to the massive Indo-Pacific trade bloc in JulyFound: UK attends first CPTPP meeting since signing up to the massive Indo-Pacific trade bloc in July