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973022

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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	What steps he is taking to secure a free trade agreement with the US.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	906901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>In July 2017 I launched the UK/US Trade and Investment Working Group which has since met on four occasions. As well as looking at delivering continuity for British business post-EU exit, this group is laying the groundwork for an ambitious UK/US free Trade Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 13/09/2018 12:31:17 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

938838

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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 what assessment they have made of the impact on a potential future trade deal with the US of maintaining a common rulebook for all goods with the EU after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL9454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Under the UK’s proposal for its future relationship with the EU, as set out in the Government’s White Paper ‘The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union’, a future UK/US trade deal would be possible and remains a top priority. The UK would have freedom to negotiate in areas such as services, tariffs, and regulatory cooperation and conformity assessment. There is a complementarity between the UK and US economies and there would be substantial gains for both sides.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 25/07/2018 11:54:21 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

837313

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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 what agreements they have entered into with United States counterparts over the past six months regarding the availability of public information about the details or progress of trade negotiations between the UK and the US.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL5389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Trade White Paper - ‘Preparing for our Future UK Trade Policy’ - the UK is committed to a transparent approach to international trade. We have invited views on the UK’s approach to future trade agreements, and engagement with stakeholders is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>On 9<sup>th</sup> November 2017 the UK and US exchanged letters on mutually agreed protocols for the treatment of information exchanged in the course of the Trade and Investment Working Group. It does not pre-judge the UK’s approach to transparency regarding the details or progress of negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>Further details can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/arrangement-for-exchanging-information-during-the-uk-us-trade-and-investment-working-group" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/arrangement-for-exchanging-information-during-the-uk-us-trade-and-investment-working-group</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead attachment 1 file name UK_Govt._letter_to_USTR_Information_Handling (1).pdf title Letter - UK/US T&I Working Group 2 file name US.Ltr.reUS-UK.TIWG.Conf.Arrangement._signed_.9Nov17.pdf title Letter - UK/US T&I Working Group question first answered 20/02/2018 17:23:07 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

816700

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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 steps he is taking to ensure (a) Parliamentary and (b) public scrutiny of future British-American trade talks.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	121127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government will ensure Parliament has an appropriate role to play in the scrutiny of new UK trade treaties, including any future deal with the US, as it always has.</p><p>As outlined in the White Paper, <em>Preparing for our future UK trade policy</em>, the Government remains committed to a transparent, fair, and rules-based approach to international trade. We invited views on the UK’s approach to its future trade policy, including future trade agreements, and have published our response to feedback received. We will continue to engage with a wide range of stakeholders from across the UK to help shape our emerging trade policy.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/01/2018 17:18:13 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

802628

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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 discussions he has had with the (a) National Farmers Union and (b) Food and Drink Federation on the potential for a free trade deal for the UK with the US.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	118178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) supports trade and champions the interests of companies in all parts of the UK. DIT has met both the National Farmers Union and the Food and Drink Federation to discuss a number of matters, including UK-US trade.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/12/2017 13:06:37 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

785084

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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 31 October 2017 to Question 109062, whether the Government plans for the trade remedies investigating authority to be operational by the end of March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	111497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>The creation of a Trade Remedies Authority is essential to protect UK industry against unfair and injurious trade practices and to ensure the UK is able to make a smooth exit from the EU.</p><p>In order to ensure continuity in relation to our trade around the world and avoid disruption for business and other stakeholders, the UK needs to prepare ahead of its exit from the EU for all possible outcomes of the negotiations, and ensure that we have made the necessary arrangements to operate a fully functioning trade policy, including our own Trade Remedies Authority.</p><p>In doing so, the Government will take account of the terms of any time-limited implementation period agreed between the UK and the EU.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/11/2017 12:27:26 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

783312

registered interest
date	03/11/2017
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 (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have met their counterparts in the US to discuss a UK-US free trade arrangement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	111399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The United States-UK bilateral trading relationship is an important one and vital to our economy. Total trade between the UK and US in 2016 totalled £167.6bn and both sides have committed to deepening our commercial relationship further.</p><p>My Ministerial colleagues and I have regular contact with the US Administration, business representatives and others, including through our diplomatic missions in the United States, to support and increase investment and trade flows. To this end, we have established a Trade and Investment Working group dedicated to strengthening the bilateral trade and investment relationship between the UK and US.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/11/2017 17:13:08 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

776014

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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 October 2017 to Question 107255, on the UK-US Trade and Investment Working Group, what the implications of the difficulties experienced by Bombardier in trading with the US are for maintaining commercial continuity when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	109062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>WTO rules provide that members can establish a trade remedies framework and undertake investigations into alleged dumping or subsidisation of imports. To operate an independent trade policy, we will need to put in place a trade remedies framework. As an important part of a rounded trade policy, after our exit from the EU, our trade remedies framework will protect domestic industry against unfair and injurious trade practices.</p><p>The US and UK are strong partners and allies. The US is the UK’s largest single trading partner and as such, our joint relationship is a crucial part of our economy and the US-UK economic relationship is crucially important.</p><p>The UK Government has maintained that Boeing’s complaint to the US Department of Commerce is unjustified, and we will continue to strongly defend our case.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 31/10/2017 16:31:31 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

693426

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
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 steps he plans to take in negotiations for a US-UK trade deal to protect the British automotive industry.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	65182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>While we are a member of the EU, we cannot negotiate and conclude trade agreements. However we can and have begun to have discussions on our future trading relationships. It is too early to say what exactly could be covered in a future UK-US deal. Any deal will of course take into account the needs of UK consumers, businesses and manufacturers.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 02/03/2017 13:54:39 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

693430

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
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 steps he plans to take to ensure that UK environmental standards are maintained in any deal with the US.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	65184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>While we are a member of the EU, we cannot negotiate and conclude trade agreements. However we can and have begun to have discussions on our future trading relationships. Any deal will of course take into account the needs of UK consumers, businesses and manufacturers.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 02/03/2017 17:42:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner