Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 55744

Trade Agreements: Southern Africa

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 5 June 2025

Question

Adam Jogee

LabourNewcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of negotiating country-specific trade agreements between the United Kingdom and (a) Zimbabwe, (b) Botswana, (c) Namibia, (d) Mozambique, (e) Angola

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
The UK’s existing trade agreements with the Southern African Customs Union and Mozambique, and Eastern and Southern Africa successfully facilitate trade with Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, and we plan to continue to support thei...

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