Question follow-through · 70722
Trade Agreements: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on a reciprocal tariff-rate quota for refined white sugar in the UK-US trade deal.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on a reciprocal tariff-rate quota for refined white sugar in the UK-US trade deal.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2025
Answer published
In May, the UK concluded a landmark economic deal with the US which will save thousands of jobs, protect key British industries, and help drive economic growth.Further negotiations across a range of areas are ongoing. We do not comment on the specifics of...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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