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Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology and (b) civil society as part of negotiations towards digital trade ambitions outlined in the General

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
8 Jul 2025
Target answer date
10 Jul 2025
Answer
14 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology and (b) civil society as part of negotiations towards digital trade ambitions outlined in the General

  2. 10 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The UK and US are continuing talks on a wider UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal which will look at increasing digital trade, improving access for our world-leading services industries and improving supply chains. The deal opens the way to a future UK US tech...

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