Trade Agreements: USA
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many officials are working on the negotiations of a trade deal 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 priorities. In January 2025, DBT had 675 staff working in TPIN.
The US is the UK’s largest single country trading partner, with trade worth around £300 billion in the year to September 2024.
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