Question follow-through · 35674
Trade Agreements: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans his Department has to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with the United States.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 5 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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- Business: Conditions of Employment · 22 Apr 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans his Department has to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with the United States.
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2025
Answer published
In their meeting on 27 February, the Prime Minister and President spoke about the fair, balanced and reciprocal economic relationship that the UK and the US enjoy. They agreed to deepen this relationship, and tasked their teams to work together on an econ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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