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Trade Agreements: USA

Asked by Andrew GriffithConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 3 March 2025UIN 31658

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether any staff in his Department have been allocated to negotiating a free trade agreement with the United States.

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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