Asked by: Bill Wiggin (Conservative - North Herefordshire)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK's departure from the EU on their ability to deliver successful policy outcomes.
Answered by Greg Hands
Leaving the European Union has given the UK the opportunity to forge its own path as an independent trading nation.
To date we have secured trade deals with 71 countries plus the EU, representing £814bn of UK bilateral trade in 2021. We are focused on securing more deals with dynamic and fast-growing economies and are making good progress in negotiations with India and our accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
We also resolve barriers that inhibit UK business from entering markets and recently announced ambition to unlock export opportunities worth more than £20bn by resolving around 100 priority trade barriers.