Trade Agreements: USA
Commons · Question 38274 · Tabled 13 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Clive Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what (a) oversight and (b) governance procedures will prospective US-UK trade negotiations be subject to from (i) Parliament and (ii) external stakeholders.
Answer
Answered by Douglas Alexander, 18 Mar 2025
Any treaty signed between the UK and the US that requires ratification will be subject to the scrutiny procedure under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. The CRaG process requires that a treaty, along with an Explanatory Memorandum, be lai...