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Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

Question for Department for Business and Trade

UIN HL9419, tabled on 17 July 2023

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement aligns with the UK’s commitment to environmental protection.

Answered on

31 July 2023

The Government has made clear that we will not compromise on the UK's environmental protections in our Free Trade Agreements.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) includes an extensive environment chapter which recognises Parties' sovereign right to regulate for their own levels of domestic environmental protection.