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Trade Agreements: Southern African Development Community |
Question ID: |
1761321 |
UIN: |
28276 |
House: |
Commons |
Date tabled: |
2025-02-03 |
Asking Member ID: |
5168 |
Asking Member display name: |
Adam Jogee
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Adam Jogee
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Member interest: |
false |
Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a free trade agreement with the Southern African Development Community. |
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Date answered: |
2025-02-10 |
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Is holding answer: |
false |
Is correcting answer: |
false |
Answering Member ID: |
632 |
Answering Member display name: |
Mr Douglas Alexander
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Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Douglas Alexander
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Answer text: |
None of our partner governments in Southern African Development Community (SADC) have requested a collective UK-SADC FTA. There are two customs unions within the SADC grouping, which our existing agreements aim to align with.Our UK-Southern African Custom... |
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Answering body ID: |
214 |
Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
Tweeted: |
true |