To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the EU-Japan bilateral trade deal signed this week will affect potential future trade arrangements between the UK and Japan after Brexit.
Answered on
1 August 2018
We welcome the recent signature of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Last year, our Prime Ministers agreed to ‘work quickly to establish a new economic partnership between Japan and the UK based on the final terms of the EPA’ as the UK leaves the EU. Our aim is to transition the terms of the EPA smoothly as the basis for our future trade and investment relationship, providing the continuity and certainty UK and Japanese businesses have told us are their priorities.
Answered by
Department for International Trade