{"value":{"id":1328131,"askingMemberId":4841,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-05-26T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-06-07T00:00:00","uin":"7965","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps her Department have taken to increase the volume of trade between the UK and the Andean countries.","answeringBodyId":202,"answeringBodyName":"Department for International Trade","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4498,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-06-11T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Last year, my Department for International Trade successfully negotiated and brought into force the United Kingdom-Andean countries trade agreement, covering Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. Peru is a founder member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership also, and is supportive of our planned accession.</p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom recently co-chaired trade dialogues with both Colombia and Peru, in which we agreed to work together to boost trade in key sectors, such as services, digital, clean energy and agri-food. As part of our government-to-government deal with Peru, British businesses are working on a £1.7 billion reconstruction of Peruvian public services, following significant damage caused by the climate cycle El Niño in 2017.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Overseas Trade: South America","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1328131","method":"GET"}]}