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Trade Agreements: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to restart negotiations for a free trade agreement between the UK and Canada.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
29 Oct 2025
Answer
3 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to restart negotiations for a free trade agreement between the UK and Canada.

  2. 29 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    There are no plans to resume FTA negotiations, but growing our bilateral trade remains a shared priority, which is why the two Prime Ministers established the UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group with the objective of growing bilateral trade, includ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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