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Economic Partnership Agreements: United Arab Emirates

Asked by Gareth DaviesConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 16 April 2026UIN 125485

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress has been made on agreeing a comprehensive economic partnership agreement with the United Arab Emirates.

Answered by Chris Bryant

The UK is negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as a whole and is prioritising strengthening our trade and investment relationship with all six GCC countries through a UK-GCC-wide trade deal. The UAE is an important trading partner, the largest within the GCC. Total trade in goods and services between the UK and the UAE was £25.3 billion in the four quarters to the end of Q3 2025.

The UK strongly values the UK-UAE relationship and will continue to work to further deepen cooperation in trade and investment.

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