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Trade Agreements: USA

Commons · Question 82221 · Tabled 14 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

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Asked by Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on (a) manufacturing jobs, (b) consumer prices, (c) business competitiveness and (d) costs to busin

Answer

Answered by Chris Bryant, 20 Oct 2025

In May, the UK concluded a landmark economic deal with the US. The UK was the first country to secure such an agreement that removes tariffs for civil aerospace goods, and we remain the only country to have secured a 10% tariff for automotives within quot...