Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 85633

Trade Agreements: Canada

Tabled: 27 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

ConservativeMid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the expiry of tariff free quotas under the former UK-Canada Trade Continuity Agreement on (a) levels of investment in the UK and (b) economic grow

Answer

Chris Bryant
Canada is a close ally and valued partner of the UK, and the UK-Canada Trade (TCA) Continuity Agreement underpinned £28 billion worth of bilateral trade in 2024. Several of the TCA’s provisions, as negotiated by the previous government, were time limited ...

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