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Department for Business and Trade: Trade Agreements

Asked by Andrew GriffithConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 3 March 2025UIN 31657

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to change the number of staff in his Department working on new free trade agreements.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

DBT's Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations (TPIN) Group operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across its priorities. The Department has committed to delivering six Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations alongside leading work on the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), work on the U.S. and the reset of the UK-EU relationship, and multilateral, implementation and market access work.

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