Question follow-through · 37725
Business: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the United States Secretary of Commerce.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the United States Secretary of Commerce.
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2025
Answer published
The UK-US relationship is already very strong, with trade of around £300 billion, and shared investment of over £1.2 trillion at the end of 2023. The Prime Minister and President Trump met on 27 February and agreed to deepen this relationship and to work ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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