Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 3948

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

Tabled: 3 September 2024

Answered: 9 September 2024

Named Day

Question

Mr Gregory Campbell

Democratic Unionist Party — East Londonderry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership benefits all parts of the UK equally.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander

The United Kingdom as a whole will accede to the CPTPP, and every nation and region of the UK is expected to benefit from the agreement, which is expected to increase GDP by £2 billion a year in the long run as published in the Department’s Impact Assessm...

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