Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (Accession) Debate
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Gareth Davies
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Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (Accession)
Gareth Davies Excerpts(3 years, 10 months ago)
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Elizabeth Truss
It is my aim in all our agreements to secure the maximum tariff-free access for our products, but in any given agreement there are always trade-offs. My key priority is making sure that we do not cross any UK red lines.
Gareth Davies (Grantham and Stamford) (Con)
Does my right hon. Friend agree that, looking across the world, free trade agreements have been shown to reduce inequalities, create jobs and boost incomes? As such, the opportunity is great from these trade deals with fast-emerging countries, both for the people of Grantham and Stamford and for Britain as a proud global independent nation.
Elizabeth Truss
My hon. Friend is right. Free trade has lifted a billion people out of poverty in the past few decades, and that is a record that no other policy prescription can match.