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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State needs no urging, but it is important that she is able to make the right decision on this. The steel safeguards reconsideration is ongoing. I know the…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTrade: UK and CaliforniaThere is massive scope for such reform, which is one reason why we are pursuing this agenda. My hon. Friend is absolutely right that business is seeking out business-friendly…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTrade: UK and CaliforniaAcross the US, we are unlocking barriers for business at state level, while also engaging at the federal level. There is huge potential for growing trade in California, and I have…16 Jun 2022HANSARDUSA: Tariffs on Imports from UKI thank my hon. Friend for raising that point. In addition to a free trade agreement, which will assist us on tariffs and those kinds of barriers, we are pursuing a twin-track…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThey should follow the hon. Lady’s example: I know that she attended the session with the Trade Remedies Authority. It is incredibly important that we get the message out to…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsObviously, we have agreed an enormous number of trade agreements, including several from scratch. We have a new export strategy and more support for British business; we have a…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTrade Remedies AuthorityThe Trade Remedies Authority seeks to defend UK industries from unfair trade practices. It was established last year and has already begun a series of investigations and making…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady will know that work in government is looking at our global tariff and our tariff regime, with specific reference to ensuring that we are helping on the cost of…16 Jun 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines: Global AccessThat is a ridiculous mischaracterisation of this country’s stance. We are one of the largest donors to the covid advance market commitment, which is ensuring that the vaccine is…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTrade: UK and CaliforniaWe are currently talking to about 25 states with regard to memorandums of understanding, including California. Larger economy states will take longer than smaller economies to…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTrade: UK and CaliforniaThis argument, I am afraid, is a false one, and it has also been perpetrated with regard to the Australia deal. The structures and kinds of regulations and laws that we are…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI remind the hon. Lady of the trader support service and the export support service, which are there to provide bespoke support to businesses. I encourage her to put them in touch…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are doing several pieces of work on that, but one thing we are looking at in respect of our memorandums of understanding and our economic dialogues with individual states is…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Lady for that important question. She will know that both import and export figures with regard to Commonwealth nations are increasing quite substantially. There…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTrade with Commonwealth CountriesMr Speaker, may I also associate myself with your remarks about Jo Cox and her legacy? My thoughts are with her family today. Pre-pandemic, the combined GDP of the Commonwealth…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my right hon. Friend for her question. She is one of the authors of the appropriately named TIGRR report—the report of the taskforce on innovation, growth and regulatory…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for all his work to champion the steel industry. The 500,000-tonne annual quota secured for steel exporters is almost double the annual volume of UK steel…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe statistics I quoted are from the Office for National Statistics. Across all goods there is a marked improvement, but we want to do more in the food and drink sector. That is…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTrade with Commonwealth CountriesI thank my hon. Friend for raising that. Yes, we have the jubilee, and we also have the Commonwealth games, and the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting is approaching. It is…16 Jun 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines: Global AccessThe right hon. Lady’s question is very timely. The negotiations are going on as we speak, so I do not want to comment on those live negotiations. She will know that we firmly…16 Jun 2022