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Trade Agreements: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, (a) when and (b) where the next round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Israel will take place.

answeredChris LawDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body: Department for Business and Trade
Tabled: 15 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 17 Jan 2025
Answer: 4 Feb 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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15 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, (a) when and (b) where the next round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Israel will take place.
17 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Feb 2025
Answer published
On 29 July 2024, the Secretary of State announced the Government’s intention to deliver negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council, India, Israel, South Korea, Switzerland, and Turkey. The Government continues its review of the objectives for these ne...

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