Question follow-through · 100542
Overseas Investment: South Korea
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK–Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement on UK institutional investment in Korean capital markets.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 22 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK–Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement on UK institutional investment in Korean capital markets.
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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22 Dec 2025
Answer published
The upgrade agreement includes a range of commitments aimed at driving growth in services trade and investment. We assess that these will add £400m to existing services exports in the long-term. We will publish a full assessment of the economic impact of ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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