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Economic Partnership Agreements: Africa

Asked by Adam JogeeLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 13 October 2025UIN 77819

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to assess the potential impact of economic partnership agreements made with countries in Africa in the last 5 years on those countries' (a) economic development,

Answered by Chris Bryant

I refer the member for Newcastle-under-Lyme to the answer my predecessor gave on 3 September 2025 to UIN 71764.

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