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Trade Agreements: Australia and New Zealand

Asked by Gareth SnellLabour (Co-op)Department for Business and TradeTabled Answered 3 March 2025UIN 32250

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with which relevant stakeholders it plans to consult when preparing its biannual monitoring reports on the (a) UK-Australia and (b) UK-New Zealand free trade agreements.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

The Department for Business and Trade engages with and recognises the need to understand a range of stakeholder perspectives in its aims to monitor Free Trade Agreements, including UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand.

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