{"value":{"id":1306355,"askingMemberId":4789,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-03-25T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-04-13T00:00:00","uin":"176061","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department has made on negotiations with Brazil on a free trade agreement.","answeringBodyId":202,"answeringBodyName":"Department for International Trade","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":true,"answeringMemberId":4498,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":4498,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-04-13T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The United Kingdom does not currently have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Brazil, and it remains a priority to deepen our trading relationship. Brazil participates in free trade agreements via regional bloc – Mercosur – so, at the United Kingdom-Brazil Joint Economic Trade Committee held on 11<sup>th</sup> November 2020, we discussed the potential of a future United Kingdom-Mercosur FTA. We continue our work with Brazil and other Mercosur partners to open markets and strengthen the rules based international trading system too.</p>","originalAnswerText":"<p>The United Kingdom does not currently have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Brazil, but it remains a priority to deepen our trading relationship. Brazil  is in a Customs Union – Mercosur – so, at the United Kingdom-Brazil Joint Economic Trade Committee held on 11<sup>th</sup> November 2020, we discussed the potential of a future United Kingdom-Mercosur FTA. We continue our work with Brazil and other Mercosur partners to open markets and strengthen the rules based international trading system too.</p>","comparableAnswerText":"<p>The United Kingdom does not currently have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Brazil, <del class=\"ministerial\">but</del><ins class=\"ministerial\">and</ins> it remains a priority to deepen our trading relationship. Brazil <ins class=\"ministerial\">participates in free trade agreements via regional bloc</ins><del class=\"ministerial\"> is in a Customs Union</del> – Mercosur – so, at the United Kingdom-Brazil Joint Economic Trade Committee held on 11<sup>th</sup> November 2020, we discussed the potential of a future United Kingdom-Mercosur FTA. We continue our work with Brazil and other Mercosur partners to open markets and strengthen the rules based international trading system too.</p>","dateAnswerCorrected":"2021-04-19T00:00:00","dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Trade Agreements: Brazil","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1306355","method":"GET"}]}