The inquiry will examine the potential for a UK-US trade agreement, the opportunities and challenges any agreement might present and the implications for the production and sale of goods and services on both sides of the Atlantic. It will make recommendations to the Government on how it should approach trade relations with the US.
Interested organisations or individuals are invited to submit written evidence to the Committee.
Terms of reference
The Committee is particularly interested in the following:
- what the UK’s priorities and objectives should be in negotiating any such agreement;
- the possible impacts (positive and negative) on specific sectors of the UK economy from such an agreement;
- the extent to which any agreement could and should open up markets in services, including public services;
- the extent to which any agreement could and should open up markets in public procurement;
- how any agreement should approach regulation, including regulatory harmonisation;
- what dispute-resolution mechanism should form part of any such agreement; and
- what involvement, if any, the UK should seek to have in the North American Free Trade Area or any future regional free trade agreement involving the USA.