Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether, under the provisions of the Windsor Framework, Northern Ireland manufacturers will be able to manufacture goods compatible with the requirements and regulations of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade arrangements.

We have provided for the application of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to all four parts of the UK, which includes Northern Ireland. CPTPP also takes into account the effects of the Windsor Framework by allowing the United Kingdom to take measures under the Windsor Framework designed to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland and to protect the peace process. Manufacturers and exporters in Northern Ireland will benefit from CPTPP in the same way as exporters in England, Scotland and Wales.