Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 18393
Trade Agreements: Switzerland
Tabled: 6 December 2024
Answered: 11 December 2024
Named DayQuestion
Ruth Jones
Labour — Newport West and Islwyn
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress his Department has made on including an ambitious intellectual property protection framework in the UK-Swiss free trade deal.
Answer
Mr Douglas AlexanderThe fifth round of negotiations on an enhanced free trade agreement with Switzerland took place in London in October 2024. As part of that, negotiations on intellectual property continued to advance across a number of rights areas. The UK aims to agree a ...
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