Written question asked by Shivani Raja (Conservative) on Friday, 10 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 October 2025. It was answered by Chris Bryant (Labour) on Thursday, 16 October 2025 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.
Trade Agreements: South America
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his policy is on seeking a UK-Mercosur free trade agreement.
- Answer
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Mercosur countries are important partners for the UK and I am personally committed to strengthening our bilateral trading relationships to remove barriers to trade and help grow UK exports. I recently visited Brazil, where I signed agreements on customs, regulatory reform and export credit and pushed Brazil to complete the Double Taxation Agreement; and Argentina to further UK interests on whisky, financial services and air services.
The UK is not currently negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with Mercosur. Any decision to seek to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with Mercosur would be communicated to the House in the usual way.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 79010
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Trade agreements South America
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- 2025-10-16 11:17:53 +0100
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