Question follow-through · 50646
Trade Agreements: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on negotiating a free trade agreement with that country.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 7 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 14 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on negotiating a free trade agreement with that country.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 May 2025
Answer published
We have concluded a landmark economic deal with the United States, making the UK the first country to get an agreement with President Trump.This deal protects jobs in the automotive, steel, aluminium, pharmaceutical and aerospace sectors – sectors that em...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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