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.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Fourth Report - UK trade negotiations: Parliamentary scrutiny of free trade agreements
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Third Special Report - UK trade negotiations: Parliamentary scrutiny of free trade agreements: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report
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Third Special Report - UK trade negotiations: Parliamentary scrutiny of free trade agreements: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report
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Correspondence

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Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to the fourth round of negotiations on the UK-Canada FTA and the second round of negotiations on the UK-Gulf Cooperation Council FTA, dated 20 December 2022
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Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to the sixth round of the UK-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations, dated 9 January 2023
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Correspondence from the Minister of State for Trade Policy relating to the UK-Israel Free Trade Agreement, dated 9 November 2022
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Oral evidence transcripts

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18 January 2023
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Witnesses Jon Phillips (Acting CEO and Director of Corporate Affairs at Global Infrastructure Investor Association), Ruth Bergan (Director at Trade Justice Movement), and Ania Farren (Chair, Committee for Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution at International Chamber of Commerce (UK))
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18 January 2023
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Witnesses 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)), and Professor David Collins (Professor of International Economic Law at City Law School, University of London)
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23 March 2022
Inquiries UK trade negotiations: Agreement with Australia, UK trade negotiations: Agreement with New Zealand, and UK trade negotiations
Witnesses Professor Tony Venables (Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University), and Professor Joe Francois (Professor of International Economics at University of Bern)
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Written evidence

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Dr Joshua Paine (Senior Lecturer in Law at University of Bristol Law School) (UKT0048)
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Wildlife and Countryside Link (UKT0047)
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Alex Horne (Barrister and Visiting Professor at Durham University) (UKT0046)
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