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HANSARDInstrument of Accession to CPTPPToday the UK officially announced the deposit of its instrument of accession to the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans-Pacific partnership. With this significant…17 May 2024HANSARDSouth Korea: FTA NegotiationsI thank my right hon. Friend for the valuable work he is doing as the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to the Republic of Korea. I look forward to his upcoming visit there. He is…02 May 2024HANSARDSouth Korea: FTA NegotiationsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The Indo-Pacific is a vital part of the world for the UK and forms the centrepiece of our strategy going forward diplomatically and on…02 May 2024HANSARDParliamentary Trade EnvoysWell, there is a lot of bluster there and not a few accusations. The hon. Gentleman may wish to try to stack these things up a bit. It is a cross-party programme, not a…02 May 2024HANSARDNew Zealand FTA: EnvironmentIn March, the UK and New Zealand highlighted the importance of our environmental commitments at the first ever environment committee under our new free trade agreement. We…02 May 2024HANSARDNew Zealand FTA: EnvironmentAs I said, we will continue to monitor the passage of that proposed legislation, but the hon. Lady must recognise that the UK and New Zealand are incredibly like-minded in these…02 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI gave evidence in front of the EFRA Committee just last week on this very issue with our Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries, my right hon. Friend the Member for Sherwood…02 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf course the Government as a whole are monitoring this situation very closely. We have very good relations with the Government of the Republic of Ireland, and I will pass on the…02 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted to be able to do so, and delighted to have such an enthusiastic supporter of CPTPP, which is an enormous benefit to this country. The UK joining will take its share…02 May 2024HANSARDSouth Korea: FTA NegotiationsThe hon. Gentleman has slightly jumped the gun, as the next question on the Order Paper relates to trade envoys. May I say how proud we are of the cross-party trade envoy…02 May 2024HANSARDParliamentary Trade EnvoysThe Prime Minister’s trade envoys provide invaluable support in progressing the UK’s trade and investment agenda in 61 markets across the world. The travel costs incurred by the…02 May 2024HANSARDCaribbean Community: TradeMy hon. Friend is a great champion of international trade, as the Prime Minister’s trade envoy for Mongolia. He will be pleased to know that annual trade between the UK and the…02 May 2024HANSARDCaribbean Community: TradeI thank my hon. Friend for his engagement in the region, in St Kitts, the Caribbean as a whole and Guyana, which remains in all our minds at the moment given the situation on its…02 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe hear this from the Scottish National party all the time, opposing everything in terms of UK trade agreements. It is actually Scottish goods that benefit from so many of these…02 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are engaged in a live negotiation with India at the moment and the hon. Member would not expect me to comment on the progress of a live negotiation. India is obviously in a…02 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Lady for her question and her interest in this important sector. We regularly meet the UK seafood sector, which can often be subject to very high tariffs from…02 May 2024HANSARDUK-Israel Trade NegotiationsThe fifth round of negotiations on the UK-Israel free trade agreement ran from 8 to 17 April 2024. This round of negotiations was hosted by the UK and conducted in a hybrid…01 May 2024HANSARDUnited Kingdom-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement NegotiationsThe second round of United Kingdom-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement negotiations took place during the week commencing 18 March 2024. A delegation of officials undertook…17 Apr 2024HANSARDExport Statistics UpdateOn 31 March 2021, the previous Government published their policy on support for the fossil fuel sector overseas [1] . As part of this, the Government set out that they would…26 Mar 2024HANSARDUK-Switzerland Enhanced Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: Fourth RoundThe fourth round of negotiations on a UK-Switzerland enhanced free trade agreement took place in Bern, Switzerland from 4 to 8 March 2024. We continue to work together with the…21 Mar 2024