Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for the potential imposition of trade tariffs by the US.

The Government has not speculated on what President-elect Trump may or may not do when he is in office.

The Government will continue to make a strong case for open, transparent, and free trade. We are an open trading economy, and we benefit from that in our trading relationships other countries, including the US.