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date	27/11/2018
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 discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the viability of a UK-US trade agreement after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	196088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade has spoken on numerous occasions to the United States Trade Representative, and there have been five meetings of the UK-US Trade and Investment Working Group to date. We have been very clear that the UK will have an independent trade policy, when we leave the EU and that we will be able to negotiate, sign and ratify new Free Trade Agreements with countries around the world, including with the US, after we leave the EU on 29 March.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 03/12/2018 16:41:09 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1015453

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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 discussions he has had with his US counterpart on UK trade with the US after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	196166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade has spoken on numerous occasions to the United States Trade Representative, and there have been five meetings of the UK-US Trade and Investment Working Group to date, involving discussions between representatives of the governments of the United Kingdom and the United States on a range of matters. We cannot negotiate any trade agreements whilst we are still members of the EU.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 03/12/2018 16:30:35 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1015454

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: Foreign Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in other countries on the benefits of manufacturers operating in those countries basing their manufacturing operations in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	196167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State regularly promotes manufacturing excellence and the benefits of investing in the UK, including with his counterparts from other countries. Recent examples include the Secretary of State’s visit to China, where he discussed investment in the UK technology sector, and his visit to Germany, where he met with Siemens.</p><p> </p><p>The recent EY publication on FDI into Towns and Cities in the UK has shown that 57% of manufacturing FDI projects were attracted to places outside Core Cities or Large Towns, helping address geographic imbalances between cities and other locations benefits.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 05/12/2018 18:01:30 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1015860

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by the Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park) on 26 November (HL Deb, col 511), whether, under the proposed free trade deals after the end of the transitional period, goods which are imported into the UK tariff-free from non-EU states under those deals, would be liable to the EU's Common External Tariff when they and similar goods produced in the UK are exported to the EU and would be within the definition of the EU's tariff arrangements.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL11857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Political Declaration states that the future economic partnership between the UK and EU “should ensure no tariffs, fees, charges or quantitative restrictions across all sectors”. It also states that “It should facilitate trade and investment between the Parties to the extent possible, while respecting the integrity of the Union's Single Market and the Customs Union as well as the United Kingdom's internal market, and recognising the development of an independent trade policy by the United Kingdom beyond this economic partnership.” Goods exported from the UK to the EU following the transition period will be subject to arrangements that are consistent with these objectives and principles.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 10/12/2018 12:16:23 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1015864

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what scope the UK will have to negotiate and conclude third party trade agreements under the terms of the EU Withdrawal Agreement if the backstop provisions come into effect.
tabling member printed	Baroness Meyer
uin	HL11860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>We would be free to operate our own independent trade policy during the backstop, including negotiating our own FTAs and implementing areas that don’t affect the functioning of the backstop - including services and investment.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 12/12/2018 16:30:37 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	4699 label Biography information for Baroness Meyer

1015868

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to reach a free trade agreement with the United States after Brexit; and what impact they estimate a no-deal Brexit would have on trade relations with the United States.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL11864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The United States is already our largest trading partner outside the European Union. The UK and US have a close relationship in terms of our trade, financial, cultural and investment links. After leaving the EU in March 2019 we will be able to pursue an ambitious Free Trade Agreement with the US.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2017 my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade launched the UK-US Trade and Investment Working Group which has since met on five occasions. As well as looking at delivering commercial continuity for UK and US businesses, workers and consumers post-EU exit, this group is laying the groundwork for an ambitious UK-US free Trade Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>Our priority is to ensure there is no disruption to our global trading relationships as we leave the EU. The government will continue to prepare for all eventualities with our trading partners, including the US.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 10/12/2018 12:17:17 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick