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Small Businesses: Government Assistance

Commons · Question 55195 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 12 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is planning new trade (a) agreements and (b) partnerships with countries other than (i) the US and (ii) China to help UK SMEs offset tariffs on goods manufactured in those counties.

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 12 Jun 2025

The UK's Trade Strategy will mark a reset in our approach to international trade and set out the future priorities for our trade policy. This strategy will also set out how trade can stimulate economic growth through delivery of targeted business benefits...