Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 71765
Economic Partnership Agreements: Sunset Clauses
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025
Question
Adam Jogee
Labour — Newcastle-under-Lyme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Department plans to engage in negotiations on aspects of the sunset clauses of Economic Partnership Agreements.
Answer
Mr Douglas AlexanderThe UK's Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) do not contain expiry provisions or 'sunset clauses'. The preferential market access they provide to developing country partners will continue indefinitely. EPAs do include review clauses allowing for discus...
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