Question follow-through · 35675
Trade Agreements: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has to negotiate any new state-level trade agreements with the United States.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 5 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 13 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has to negotiate any new state-level trade agreements with the United States.
7 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Mar 2025
Answer published
The UK is exploring various avenues to strengthen UK-U.S. trade ties and support economic growth, in tandem with development of the Industrial and Trade Strategies. The UK continues to deliver against commitments in signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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