Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions she has had with her US counterpart on trade and investment opportunities in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Wales.

The Secretary of State has regular discussions with her counterpart US Trade Representative Katherine Tai. Most recently they met at the G20 Summit on 25 August. The Secretary of State regularly raises the opportunities for US trade and investment into all regions of the UK. Around 260 US-owned businesses already operate in Northern Ireland and in 2021, businesses in Northern Ireland exported goods and services worth £2.2 billion to the United States. In the same year, good and services exports from Wales to the US stood at £4.4 billion.