Written questions

Trade Agreements: Canada

Commons · Question 28030 · Tabled 3 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 6 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with the Canadian Government on a potential UK-Canada trade deal.

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 6 Feb 2025

The Secretary of State met with his Canadian counterpart Trade Minister Mary Ng at the G7 in July last year; they discussed the paused bilateral FTA and agreed that senior officials should begin discussions to see what it might take to resume negotiations...