Question follow-through · 10718

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to amend negotiating objectives in active free trade agreement negotiations.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
28 Oct 2024
Answer
28 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to amend negotiating objectives in active free trade agreement negotiations.

  2. 28 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Economic growth is the first priority of this government. To deliver on this, one of our first steps after taking office was to announce that we were resuming Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with: the Gulf Cooperation Council, India, Israel, South...

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