Committees

UK trade negotiations

Inquiry

This inquiry will be accepting submissions on an ongoing basis and will consider the progress of, and issues relating to, trade negotiations led by the Department for International Trade.  

 

This inquiry was launched on 1 April 2020, and its scope was amended on 21 October 2021. The previous details, including the former terms of reference, are available here. It will focus on cross-cutting and strategic aspects of the UK Government’s trade negations approach and policy.

The Committee will consider specific trade negotiations and free trade agreements (FTAs) with individual countries through separate inquiries. It has previously scrutinised the FTAs with Japan, Australia and New Zealand, and is currently considering the negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council and India, as well as the UK application for accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

The Committee welcomes evidence on any of the new terms of reference, on an ongoing basis. Evidence received prior to the change of scope will still be considered under this inquiry or the sub-inquiries as appropriate.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 17 March 2023.

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Past events

Wednesday 18 January 2023
9:30am Private
10:00am Public
UK trade negotiations - Oral evidence 18 January 2023
10:00am
  • Dr Joshua Paine (Senior Lecturer in Law at University of Bristol Law School)
  • Professor Barnali Choudhury (Professor of Law and Director of the Jack and Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security, Osgoode Hall Law School at York University (Canada))
  • Professor David Collins (Professor of International Economic Law at City Law School, University of London)
11:00am
  • Jon Phillips (Acting CEO and Director of Corporate Affairs at Global Infrastructure Investor Association)
  • Ruth Bergan (Director at Trade Justice Movement)
  • Ania Farren (Chair, Committee for Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution at International Chamber of Commerce (UK))
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 23 March 2022
9:30am Private
10:00am Public
Oral evidence session 23 March 2022
UK trade negotiations: Agreement with Australia; UK trade negotiations: Agreement with New Zealand - Oral evidence
10:00am
  • Richard Price (Chief Economist at Department for International Trade)
  • Stephen Gibson (Chair at Regulatory Policy Committee)
  • Dr Jonathan Cave (Member at Regulatory Policy Committee)
  • Tammy Holmes (Deputy Director Trade Agreements Analysis at Department for International Trade)
11:00am
  • Professor Tony Venables (Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University)
  • Professor Joe Francois (Professor of International Economics at University of Bern)
UK trade negotiations: Agreement with Australia; UK trade negotiations - Oral evidence
10:00am
  • Richard Price (Chief Economist at Department for International Trade)
  • Stephen Gibson (Chair at Regulatory Policy Committee)
  • Dr Jonathan Cave (Member at Regulatory Policy Committee)
  • Tammy Holmes (Deputy Director Trade Agreements Analysis at Department for International Trade)
11:00am
  • Professor Tony Venables (Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University)
  • Professor Joe Francois (Professor of International Economics at University of Bern)
UK trade negotiations: Agreement with New Zealand; UK trade negotiations - Oral evidence
10:00am
  • Richard Price (Chief Economist at Department for International Trade)
  • Stephen Gibson (Chair at Regulatory Policy Committee)
  • Dr Jonathan Cave (Member at Regulatory Policy Committee)
  • Tammy Holmes (Deputy Director Trade Agreements Analysis at Department for International Trade)
11:00am
  • Professor Tony Venables (Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University)
  • Professor Joe Francois (Professor of International Economics at University of Bern)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 1 December 2021
9:45am Private
10:00am Public
UK trade negotiations - Oral evidence 1 December 2021
10:00am
  • Michelle Wiese Bockmann (Markets Editor at Lloyd’s List)
  • Andrew Goodacre (Chief Executive at British Independent Retailers Association)
  • Tim Morris (Chief Executive at UK Major Ports Group)
  • Gavin Simmonds (Policy Director Commercial at UK Chamber of Shipping)
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 27 October 2021
3:15pm Private
3:30pm Public
UK trade negotiations - Oral evidence 27 October 2021
3:30pm
  • The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP (Minister for Trade Policy at Department for International Trade)
  • Victoria Prentis MP (Minister of State at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Chris Heaton (Deputy Director in International Trade Policy at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Oliver Phillips (Senior Civil Service Lead for Agriculture at Department for International Trade)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster