Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 53463

Trade Agreements: India and USA

Tabled: 20 May 2025

Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

Dan Norris

Independent — North East Somerset and Hanham

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trade deals with (a) India and (b) the USA on the economy of North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander

On 8 May the UK government announced a landmark economic deal with the US. This protects jobs in the automotive, steel, aluminium, pharmaceutical and aerospace sectors - which employ over 320,000 people across the UK. In the South-West alone, these sector...

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