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Trade Agreements: Colombia

Asked by Ian ByrneLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 7 March 2025UIN 34334

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to reject investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms in future trade deals with Colombia.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

The Government has no plan to negotiate a new trade deal with Colombia.

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