Trade Agreements: USA

(asked on 17th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps her Department have taken to secure a free trade agreement with the United States.


Answered by
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Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 21st January 2022

We have had five productive rounds of negotiations to date and agreed a significant proportion of legal text across multiple chapters.

In September 2021, my Rt.Hon. Friend the Prime Minister and the President of the United States agreed to continue working towards a future Free Trade Agreement.

In December 2021, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade travelled to the US to bolster UK-US trade ties, support increased transatlantic trade and investment, and build on our shared interests and priorities with the US.

During my visit in December, I held productive meetings with Governors, Mayors, Commissioners, and business leaders. These stakeholders had great interest in doing more trade with the UK, including Memoranda of Understanding agreement, which we are following up.

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