Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 51344

Canada: Overseas Trade

Tabled: 12 May 2025
Answered: 19 May 2025

Question

Yasmin Qureshi

LabourBolton South and Walkden

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help increase (a) trade and (b) trading opportunities between the UK and Canada.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
Canada is one of the UK’s closest allies and we are taking various steps to increase UK-Canada trade. Our trading relationship was worth £28 billion in 2024, up 10% in current prices on 2023, and is underpinned by the UK-Canada Trade Continuity Agreement....

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