Question follow-through · 12676
USA: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to seek closer trade relations between the Northern Ireland agri-food market and the US.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to seek closer trade relations between the Northern Ireland agri-food market and the US.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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2 Jul 2026
Answer published
It already is our policy. Through negotiations on the Economic Prosperity Deal (EPD), the UK enjoys preferential trading terms with the US, supporting thousands of jobs and protecting key industries across the UK, including in Northern Ireland. As of 1 Ja...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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