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Trade Agreements: USA

Asked by Andrew GriffithConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 17 March 2025UIN 37724

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has allocated a lead negotiator to negotiate a potential UK-US free trade agreement.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

The Department for Business and Trade’s Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations (TPIN) Group operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across priorities. The DBT team for UK-US trade includes an allocated lead negotiator.

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