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Overseas Trade: Canada

Commons · Question 28382 · Tabled 9 Sep 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Official record

Answered 16 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent steps he has taken to increase trade with Canada.

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 16 Sep 2026

The UK and Canada share a strong trading relationship, underpinned by our existing free trade agreement and worth £34 billion in 2025[1]. It was bolstered on September 1st by Canadian ratification of the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive...