Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 51243

Business: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 9 May 2025
Answered: 19 May 2025

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the US-UK trade deal on Northern Ireland businesses.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
The UK-US economic deal protects jobs in the automotive, steel, aluminium, pharmaceutical and aerospace sectors - sectors that directly employ over 320,000 people across the UK including Northern Ireland. What we have agreed will provide the foundation fo...
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