Select Committee · Business and Trade Committee

UK trade with the US, India and EU

Status: Closed Opened: 6 Jun 2025 Closed: 24 Apr 2026 32 recommendations 17 conclusions 2 reports

The Business and Trade Committee is launching an inquiry into the UK’s trade deals with three of its most important partners: the United States, India, and the European Union. As part of this work, the Committee will scrutinise the detail and implementation of three recent developments: the India Free Trade Agreement; the US-UK Economic Prosperity … Show more

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Reports

2 reports
Title HC No. Published Items Response
12th Report - UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agr… HC 996 21 Jan 2026 23 Responded
10th Report – US Economic Prosperity Deal HC 1306 14 Sep 2025 26 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
23 Recommendation 10th Report – US Economic Prosperity De… Deferred

Introduce mandatory human rights due diligence legislation and consider forced labour import bans.

In line with the previous recommendations of this Committee, the Government should align with other countries to introduce mandatory human rights due diligence legislation, and consider new levers such as import bans on products from regions where forced labour prevails, as being introduced in the US and the EU. (Recommendation, … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government states it has launched a review into the UK’s approach to responsible business conduct, actively examining existing measures and considering new tools like mandatory human rights due diligence and import controls to combat forced labour in supply chains.
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Department for Business and Trade
11 Conclusion 12th Report - UK-India Comprehensive Ec… Deferred

ESG frameworks in trade agreement lack impact due to absent enforceable dispute settlement.

The Committee concludes that the Agreement establishes useful environmental, social and governance (ESG) frameworks. However, while the inclusion of standalone chapters on anti-corruption, labour rights, environment, gender equality and development represent a step forward in India’s trade agreements, their impact is significantly constrained by the absence of enforceable dispute settlement … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government mentions a Responsible Business Conduct review that will be critical to ensuring businesses operate responsibly across operations and supply chains and will update Parliament when the review is complete.
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Department for Business and Trade

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
9 Mar 2026 Amanda Brooks CBE · Department for Business and Trade, Chris Bryant MP · Department for Business and Trade, Kate Joseph · Department for Business and Trade View ↗
10 Feb 2026 Andrew Dowler · Blackstone, Audrey Yvernault · GSK, Ben Richardson · CoreWeave, Dr Richard Torbett · Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), Dr Scott Steedman CBE · British Standards Institution (BSI), Duncan Edwards OBE · British American Business, Hugh Milward · Microsoft, Jonathan Legh-Smith · UKQuantum, Loren Jones · Amentum, Paul Weston · Prologis UK Limited, Russell Codling · Tata Steel UK View ↗
13 Jan 2026 Alastair Gunn · Road Haulage Association, Julian Walker · Associated British Ports, Matt Hinde · National Grid, Oriel Petry · Airbus UK, Paul Nowak · Trades Union Congress (TUC), Peter Brennan · UK Steel, Sean McGuire · Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Toby Ovens · Broughton Transport, Tom Bradshaw · National Farmers' Union View ↗
2 Dec 2025 Amanda Tickel · Deloitte UK, Chris Bryant MP · Department for Business and Trade, Dr Claus Zimmermann · Ashurst LLP, Kate Thornley · Department for Business and Trade, Mr John Cooke · TheCityUK, Mr Jonathan Brenton · Pernod Ricard, Mr Mike Archer · AstraZeneca UK, Murray Paul · Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Pankaj S Kulkarni · Tech Mahindra, Rachel Timmins · Ceramics UK, Tom Bradshaw · National Farmers' Union, Tom Wills · Trade Justice Movement View ↗

Who gave evidence

33 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Chris Bryant MP · Minister for Trade Department for Business and Trade 2
Tom Bradshaw · President National Farmers' Union 2
Alastair Gunn · Trade Policy Lead Road Haulage Association 1
Amanda Brooks CBE · Director General, Trade Policy, Implementation an… Department for Business and Trade 1
Amanda Tickel · Partner and Head of Tax and Trade Deloitte UK 1
Andrew Dowler · Senior Managing Director Blackstone 1
Audrey Yvernault · Vice President of Government Affairs GSK 1
Ben Richardson · Vice President CoreWeave 1
Dr Claus Zimmermann · Head of International Trade Ashurst LLP 1
Dr Richard Torbett · CEO Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) 1
Dr Scott Steedman CBE · Director of Standards British Standards Institution (BSI) 1
Duncan Edwards OBE · CEO British American Business 1
Hugh Milward · UK Vice President of Corporate Affairs Microsoft 1
Jonathan Legh-Smith · Executive Director UKQuantum 1
Julian Walker · Chief Commercial Officer and Regional Director Associated British Ports 1
Kate Joseph · Director General, Economic Security and Trade Rel… Department for Business and Trade 1
Kate Thornley · Chief Negotiator, UK-India Free Trade Agreement Department for Business and Trade 1
Loren Jones · Senior Vice President Amentum 1
Matt Hinde · Head of International Policy and Engagement National Grid 1
Mr John Cooke · Co-Chair of the Liberalisation of Trade in Servic… TheCityUK 1
Mr Jonathan Brenton · Director of Public Affairs Pernod Ricard 1
Mr Mike Archer · Director of Public Affairs AstraZeneca UK 1
Murray Paul · Public Affairs Director Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) 1
Oriel Petry · Senior Vice President Airbus UK 1
Pankaj S Kulkarni · Head of Banking, Financial Services and Insurance… Tech Mahindra 1
Paul Nowak · General Secretary Trades Union Congress (TUC) 1
Paul Weston · Senior Vice President Prologis UK Limited 1
Peter Brennan · Director of Trade and Economic Policy UK Steel 1
Rachel Timmins · Policy Manager Ceramics UK 1
Russell Codling · Director of Markets Business Development Tata Steel UK 1
Sean McGuire · Director - Europe and International Confederation of British Industry (CBI) 1
Toby Ovens · Managing Director Broughton Transport 1
Tom Wills · Director Trade Justice Movement 1

Correspondence

40 letters
DateDirectionTitle
25 Mar 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Industry relating to further information requested…
11 Mar 2026 To cttee Letter from Amentum relating to the UK-US Technology Prosperity Deal, 16 Februa…
11 Mar 2026 To cttee Letter from Prologis relating to the Committee's evidence session on 10 Februar…
11 Mar 2026 From cttee Letter to the Minister for Industry relating to the UK steel industry, 2 March …
11 Mar 2026 To cttee Letter from National Grid relating to the Committee's evidence session on 13 Ja…
11 Mar 2026 To cttee Letter from the Secretary of State and the Minister for the Constitution and EU…
9 Mar 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Trade relating to US tariffs and the US S…
26 Feb 2026 From cttee Letter to the Minister of State for Trade relating to US tariffs and the US Sup…
24 Feb 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Industry relating to the UK steel industry, 19 Feb…
24 Feb 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations rela…
11 Feb 2026 From cttee Letter to the Minister for Industry relating to the UK steel industry, 11 Febru…
11 Feb 2026 From cttee Letter to the Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations and th…
11 Feb 2026 To cttee Letter from Tata Steel relating to the Committee's evidence session on 10 Febru…
3 Feb 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Trade relating to the start of the scruti…
3 Feb 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Trade relating to changes to the beef quo…
3 Feb 2026 To cttee Letter from the Road Haulage Association relating to the Committee session on 1…
3 Feb 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Migration and Citizenship relating to mobility pro…
3 Feb 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Trade relating to a Committee session on …
13 Jan 2026 From cttee Letter to the Minister of State for Trade and the Minister for the Constitution…
6 Jan 2026 To cttee Letter from Minister of State for Trade relating to a parliamentary debate on t…