Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (Accession) Debate
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Martyn Day
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Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (Accession)
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Elizabeth Truss
My hon. Friend is right. This country produces high-quality malting barley, and my ambition is to overtake Canada in exports to Japan and to become No. 1 on the Japan malting barley list.
Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (SNP) [V]
The Secretary of State referred to CPTPP as “11 like- minded nations” and said that
“now is the time to look out to the world”.
Will she not therefore see that it is time to follow Canada’s example and give a formal role to the devolved Administrations in establishing trade policy? Or will Scotland get that opportunity only with independence?
Elizabeth Truss
We have in this country a clear procedure for determining our trade agreements and a clear treaty-ratification process, which I think works well. We are committed to working closely with Scottish Members of Parliament and Scottish businesses to make sure that every part of the UK benefits from our trade-negotiation strategy.