Trade Agreements: Australasia

(asked on 11th May 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the members of her Trade Advisory Groups on (a) Automotive, aerospace and marine, (b) Manufactured and consumer goods, (c) Chemicals and (d) Life sciences have been consulted on the text of relevant chapters of her draft trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand.


Answered by
Ranil Jayawardena Portrait
Ranil Jayawardena
This question was answered on 17th May 2021

Trade Advisory Groups (TAGs) are a key forum for sharing sensitive information and their members are regularly consulted on trade agreements.

All TAG members have been consulted throughout Australia and New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. Most recently, a debrief for all TAG members was held following the fourth round of negotiations with New Zealand on 27th April, where officials updated stakeholders and discussed key developments. All TAG members were given an update by the Chief Negotiator on the progress made on the United Kingdom-Australia FTA also, following the visit of the Australian Trade Minister to London on 4th May.

Additional updates were given at the previous TAG meetings below:

Sector:

Update given:

Agri-Food

8th February

Automotive, Aerospace and Marine

4th March

British Manufactured and Consumer Goods

4th February

Chemicals

28th January

Creative Industries

16th February

Financial Services

19th January

Investment

29th April

Life Sciences

13th January

Professional Advisory Services

14th January

Telecoms & Technology

25th February

Transport Services

21st January

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