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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

1402242

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
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 progress her Department has made on securing a free trade agreement with the United States.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	102769
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 State 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><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/01/2022 12:46:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1385906

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
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 impact of negotiations on the Northern Ireland Protocol on the prospects of a trade deal with the US.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	88846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>As stated on 2<sup>nd</sup> December by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Member for Portsmouth North, discussions with the European Union on the Northern Ireland Protocol and discussions with the United States on a prospective Free Trade Agreement are two entirely separate issues. We do not see any connection between them and will not perpetuate such false narratives.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for International Trade remains in regular contact with her counterpart, United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai, on our bilateral relationship. During their meeting on 20<sup>th</sup> September, they discussed a range of topics including the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, and they met again on 7<sup>th</sup> December.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena grouped question UIN 88848 question first answered 13/12/2021 14:51:28 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1346811

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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 plans her Department will put in place to ensure a seamless trading relationship with the US after 2035, the target date set by the US EPA to have phased out testing on mammals.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	33346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK and US have a strong and enduring trading relationship. The Government welcomes the decision by the US Environmental Protection Agency to end testing on mammals by 2035 and do not anticipate that this will cause any disruption to UK trade with the US.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/07/2021 15:10:43 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1342421

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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, on how many occasions and on what dates did senior officials in her Department (a) meet and (b) hold discussions with the Trump Administration during 2020 on a potential trade agreement with the US; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	24885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK and US negotiating teams have held five productive rounds of negotiations for the UK-US Free Trade Agreement, beginning in May 2020. A significant proportion of legal text has been agreed across multiple chapters throughout the course of negotiations so far. All rounds were held virtually.</p><p> </p><ul><li>Round one took place from 5-15 May 2020</li><li>Round two took place from 15-26 June 2020</li><li>Round three took place from 27 July to 7 August 2020</li><li>Round four took place from 8-18 September 2020</li><li>Round five took place from 19-30 October 2020</li></ul><p> </p><p>Links to the outcome statement for each of the five rounds are as follows: <br> Round One: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2020-05-18/hcws238" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2020-05-18/hcws238</a></p><p>Round Two: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2020-06-30/hcws324" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2020-06-30/hcws324</a></p><p>Round Three: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/negotiations-on-the-uks-future-trading-relationship-with-the-us-update--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/negotiations-on-the-uks-future-trading-relationship-with-the-us-update--2</a></p><p>Round Four: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2020-09-22/hcws461" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2020-09-22/hcws461</a></p><p>Round Five: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2020-11-02/hcws545" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2020-11-02/hcws545</a></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 05/07/2021 09:39:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1340293

registered interest
date	25/06/2021
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 reference to the UK-US Free Trade Agreement, published on 2 March 2020, if she will publish the full DIT modelling used as the basis for (a) Table 6: Summary of UK macroeconomic impacts, long run change on baseline, (b) Table 7: Impact on UK GDP, by expenditure components of GDP, long run percentage point change and (c) Table 18: Summary of estimated impacts of scenarios (all measures relative to baseline).
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	22148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>The scoping assessments published for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Australia, New Zealand, and the United States (US) set out the potential impacts of deals in advance of negotiations, including estimates of the long run impact on Gross Domestic Product, imports, exports, real wages, and welfare.</p><p> </p><p>The full Department for International Trade modelling, including a description of the methods, evidence base and main modelling results are included within the scoping assessments published for Australia, New Zealand, and the US. For CPTPP, further technical detail on the methods used will be published in the forthcoming technical annexes.</p><p> </p><p>Following the conclusion of negotiations, a full impact assessment will be published with updated modelling of the negotiated deals for each of the agreements.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 22147 22149 22150 question first answered 01/07/2021 13:13:14 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1334193

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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, if she will publish each of the reports distributed by the UK's trade commissioner for North America to individual members of the US Senate and US House of Representatives on the potential benefits of a UK-US trade deal for their states and districts.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	15191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The reports represent the current trade relationship between the UK and each of the 50 states, not the potential trade benefits of a UK-US free trade agreement. The reports were produced using data supplied by The Trade Partnership, an economic research firm in Washington, DC.</p><p> </p><p>The 2020 state level reports were also produced from data supplied by The Trade Partnership, available on GOV.UK here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fuk-usa-trade-and-investment-highlights&amp;data=04|01|parly.pqs%40trade.gov.uk|8405e215f54f488c262708d934a59e02|8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86|0|0|637598708289150772|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D|1000&amp;sdata=DktPkd7aXRyhcLkGeizgTDC4m%2BkTxu%2FDNnyM3b4gAb4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-usa-trade-and-investment-highlights</a> .</p><p> </p><p>The UK-US 50 State and 435 Congressional District economic impact reports were authorised and commissioned by the US Prosperity Programme Board, which is made up of numerous officials. State export data comes from The Trade Partnership’s CDxports database.</p><p> </p><p>The Trade Partnership derives goods exports primarily from data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Moody’s Analytics. The Trade Partnership derives services exports primarily from data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and Moody’s Analytics.</p><p> </p><p>The 435 district-level reports, produced from the state level data, have not been previously published due to the disproportionate cost in staff time to format and upload them onto GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 15192 15193 15194 question first answered 21/06/2021 14:41:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1331640

registered interest
date	10/06/2021
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	What progress she has made towards a free trade agreement with the US.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	900758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>I am in close contact with Katherine Tai, the US Trade Representative. I am pleased the US has lifted tariffs on Whisky, and I am working to lift Airbus Boeing dispute. We are continuing to make progress in Free Trade Agreement (FTA) discussions as well as working together on our broader trade agenda.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/06/2021 12:35:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1331642

registered interest
date	10/06/2021
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	What progress has she made towards a free trade agreement with the US.
tabling member constituency	Kenilworth and Southam
tabling member printed	Jeremy Wright
uin	900757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>I am in close contact with Katherine Tai, the US Trade Representative. I am pleased the US has lifted tariffs on Whisky and I am working to lift Airbus Boeing dispute. We are continuing to make progress in Free Trade Agreement (FTA) discussions as well as working together on our broader trade agenda.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/06/2021 12:35:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright

1328205

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
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 towards a free trade agreement with the US.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	7993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government has had five rounds of negotiations so far. Almost all chapter areas are now in the advanced stages of talks, and a significant proportion of legal text has been agreed across multiple chapters.</p><p>The US is currently reviewing the progress made in the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), so far, following the appointment of the United States Trade Representative, Katherine Tai. The Government has been engaging constructively on the way the FTA can align with both countries’ commitments to Building Back Better.</p><p>An ambitious UK-US FTA can support transatlantic collaboration rebuilding from Covid-19, promoting sustainable and clean growth and women’s economic empowerment, while setting global standards in digital trade and protecting intellectual property.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/06/2021 16:05:50 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan