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1584699

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has had discussions with representatives of the state government of (a) Alabama, (b) Mississippi and (c) Arkansas on securing memorandums of understanding on trade in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Scott Benton
	uin	140415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>We regularly engage states through our network of consulates on how we can enhance our strong, existing trade relationships. My predecessor also met with the Governor of Arkansas in April last year to discuss how we could boost trade further.</p><p>We welcome continued interest from states in strengthening trade ties and will continue to focus on how best we can work together to deliver the greatest impact for business.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 15/02/2023 15:52:42 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1579650

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 123935, on Trade Agreements: USA, whether any projects involving (a) new cooperation on digital trade or (b) securing supply chains have resulted from the talks held in Boston and Edinburgh; and if she will list the joint projects on SME tools to support UK and US firms mentioned in that Answer.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	129801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Following the UK-US small and medium sized enterprises (SME) Dialogue in Edinburgh, the UK and US governments agreed to convene government officials for expert-level discussions on digital trade and customs and trade facilitation, and identify opportunities for deeper cooperation on digital issues and paperless trading. The UK and US also agreed to update and enhance resources for SME exporters, such as the existing toolkits on intellectual property and doing business in the UK and the US.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 30/01/2023 12:10:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 50783 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1567329

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress has been made on implementing the actions agreed at the U.S./UK Dialogues on Future of Atlantic Trade, which took place in Baltimore in March 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	123935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>At the UK-U.S. Dialogues, the UK and US agreed to further strengthen our bilateral trade through new cooperation on digital trade, securing supply chains, and support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).</p><p> </p><p>The Government have since held US-UK SME Dialogues in Boston in June and Edinburgh in November, where we agreed to take forward joint projects on SME tools to support UK and US firms.</p><p> </p><p>In the past year the Government has worked with the US to open market access and improve the trading landscape, successfully securing the removal of Section 232 tariffs on UK steel and aluminium and the long-standing US ban on the import of British lamb.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/01/2023 13:33:39 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1464395

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with which individual states of the United States her Department is negotiating memoranda of understanding as of 19 May 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	5412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government engages regularly with states across the US, to identify the best approach to strengthening our economic relationships.</p><p> </p><p>MoUs are one of a range of mechanisms to achieve this. We are therefore hoping to sign a number of MOUs by the end of the year. Our first will be with Indiana.</p><p> </p><p>We will be making announcements in due course according to the pipeline of MOUs underway.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/05/2022 16:15:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 2786 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1463620

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress she has made on negotiating a UK-US trade deal.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
	uin	3734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>We have had five productive rounds of negotiations to date and agreed a significant proportion of legal text across multiple chapters.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/05/2022 16:49:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1463120

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials in her Department are working on securing a UK-US trade deal.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	2566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>At the beginning of 2022, the Department for International Trade had just over 600 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff working directly on trade negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across our free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations. The number of staff working on a FTA at any one time will change depending on the stage and scale of the negotiations. Staff will also often be working across multiple negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/05/2022 15:57:13 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1459024

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department has been made on securing a free trade agreement with the United States.
	tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
	tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
	uin	906470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>We have had five productive rounds of negotiations to date and agreed a significant proportion of legal text across multiple chapters.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade attended the first UK-US Future of Atlantic Trade Dialogue last month and hosted the second in Aberdeen this week to progress mutual priorities with USTR Katherine Tai.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/04/2022 15:27:18 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

1435559

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has made progress on securing trade deals with individual American states.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	129742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is engaging across the US to enhance our existing sub-federal relationships. We want to make it easier, cheaper and quicker for UK and US businesses to work together. We are taking a twin track approach to trading with the US, seeking out ways to unlock barriers for businesses at the state level in addition to our engagement at the federal level.</p><p> </p><p>This includes pursuing Memorandums of Understanding (MOU), as well as other tools such as mutual recognition agreements with states. This complements our continued efforts to strike a free trade agreement with the federal government.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/03/2022 11:00:03 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1419476

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effect of a UK-US free trade agreement on living standards for households across the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	117785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2022 answer text <p>A UK-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) could have a significant positive impact on living standards for households across the UK due to potential wage rises combined with lower prices for goods imported from the US. The Department for International Trade (DIT) analysis published in 2020 shows that an ambitious FTA with the US could deliver a £15.3 billion increase in bilateral trade and a £3.4 billion lift to the UK economy. DIT’s analysis also suggests productivity gains from a UK-US FTA could contribute to wage increases of up to £1.8 billion for UK workers in the long run.</p><p> </p><p>Further detail can be found in the report on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uks-approach-to-trade-negotiations-with-the-us" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uks-approach-to-trade-negotiations-with-the-us</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/02/2022 12:08:49 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1403535

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps her Department have taken to secure a free trade agreement with the United States.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	105370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>We have had five productive rounds of negotiations to date and agreed a significant proportion of legal text across multiple chapters.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2021, my Rt.Hon. Friend the Prime Minister and the President of the United States agreed to continue working towards a future Free Trade Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2021, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade travelled to the US to bolster UK-US trade ties, support increased transatlantic trade and investment, and build on our shared interests and priorities with the US.</p><p> </p><p>During my visit in December, I held productive meetings with Governors, Mayors, Commissioners, and business leaders. These stakeholders had great interest in doing more trade with the UK, including Memoranda of Understanding agreement, which we are following up.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/01/2022 12:15:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 45063 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick