Select committee: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee
Recommendation 19
10th Report – US Economic Prosperity Deal
Published 14 Sep 2025
Addressed to Department for Business and Trade
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
Further negotiations could benefit from being mission-focused, in order to avoid the pit-falls of ad-hoc zero sum negotiations. This should include, for example, fostering deeper integration of US and UK science, research and universities communities and convening the investment community to understand where potential new investment is greatest. The Government should commence use of the Industrial Strategy Council to convene business and industry partners and craft an ambitious vision for future US-UK trade cooperation. (Recommendation, Paragraph 105)
From: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee, 10th Report – US Economic Prosperity Deal (HC 1306), 14 September 2025
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 28 November 2025 (deadline 14 November 2025).
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The government's response sets out its work on the Economic Prosperity Deal (EPD) and states that discussions with the US on the full scope of the deal are continuing, without stating that it accepts or rejects the Committee's recommendations as a whole.
- On parliamentary scrutiny and a Commons debate, the government states that it "will continue to keep the House fully informed" and that any final EPD agreement "will be scrutinised by Parliament in line with established procedures". It does not set out a timetable or commit to a debate.
- On steel and aluminium, it says the UK "will remain the only country in the world to benefit from a preferential 25% rate" and commits to publishing its steel strategy "by the end of this year".
- On the Trade Remedies Authority, the government is "seeking to introduce legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows", with further details "in due course".
- On forced labour, it says it is "actively examining" existing measures and "considering" approaches including mandatory due diligence and import controls, as part of a review of responsible business conduct.