Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2023 to Question 185708 on Manufacturing Industries: Rules of Origin, whether her Department has (a) made an impact assessment and (b) conducted modelling on what proportion of goods manufactured in the UK meet the rules of origin requirements of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

A complete Impact Assessment on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will be published prior to scrutiny by parliament.

The UK published its strategic approach to the negotiations in June 2021, which outlined how the agreement could give British exporters further opportunities to qualify for preferential market access. It is not possible to model the full range of real-world potential benefits and impacts as it depends on individual firm’s supply chains and investment decisions. As the CPTPP is implemented, UK business could diversify critical supply chains and further benefit from the Rules of Origin.