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International Trade Agreements

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

Note: Meeting Agenda can change at short notice. Particularly where future meeting dates are indicated more than a week in advance. Please check before planning to attend a Committee Meeting that the item you are interested in has not been moved.

 

 

Meeting: 25/02/2026 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 4)

4 Report on the UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: The Welsh Government Perspective

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Meeting: 18/12/2025 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 5)

5 EU-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement

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Meeting: 20/11/2025 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 4)

4 EU-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement

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Meeting: 20/11/2025 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 4)

4 UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

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Meeting: 05/11/2025 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 5)

5 Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the UK and India

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Meeting: 16/10/2025 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 5)

5 International Trade Monitoring Report Discussion

Supporting documents:

  • International trade monitoring report

Minutes:

5.1     The Committee considered the monitoring report, and agreed to further recommended actions as a result.

Meeting: 09/10/2025 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 8)

8 International trade monitoring report discussion

Supporting documents:

  • International trade monitoring report

Minutes:

8.1    The Committee agreed to return to considering this report at next week’s meeting.

Meeting: 01/10/2025 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 6)

6 EU-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement

Supporting documents:

  • EU-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement briefing

Minutes:

6.1    The Committee heard and considered the update on Free Trade Agreement, and agreed to draft a letter in follow-up.

Meeting: 17/07/2025 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 8)

8 Trade monitoring report discussion

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  • Trade monitoring report

Minutes:

8.1    The Committee discussed the trade monitoring report.

Meeting: 19/06/2025 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 6)

6 Trade update

Supporting documents:

  • Trade update paper

Minutes:

6.1     The Committee discussed the trade update paper.

Meeting: 12/03/2025 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 9)

9 International Trade Monitoring report

Supporting documents:

  • International Trade Monitoring report

Minutes:

9.1    The Committee noted the report, and agreed to its publication as a snapshot update correct at this time.

Meeting: 18/09/2024 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 8)

8 International Trade Monitoring report discussion

Supporting documents:

  • International Trade Monitoring report

Minutes:

8.1     The Committee noted an update on trade monitoring and agreed to publish the report.

Meeting: 18/09/2024 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 2)

2 The Welsh Government’s Approach to Trade Policy

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Meeting: 09/05/2024 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 2)

2 Inter-Ministerial Group for Trade

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Meeting: 26/02/2024 - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee (Item 6)

6 Correspondence between the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee and the UK Government

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Minutes:

The Committee noted the Correspondence between the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee and the UK Government.

Meeting: 22/02/2024 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 2)

2 Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee meeting - 7 February 2024: Follow up questions for UK Government Minister of State

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Meeting: 08/02/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)

3 Baden-Württemberg: Shared Statement of Cooperation

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Meeting: 11/01/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 9.6)

9.6 Baden-Württemberg: Shared Statement of Cooperation

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Meeting: 13/12/2023 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 3)

3 UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly

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Meeting: 26/10/2023 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 2)

2 UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA)

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Meeting: 26/10/2023 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 2)

2 Trade agreements: Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

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Meeting: 11/10/2023 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 3)

3 Trade agreements

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Meeting: 14/09/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 International Trade Agreements

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Meeting: 14/09/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 International Trade Agreements

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Meeting: 14/09/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 International Trade Agreements

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Meeting: 13/09/2023 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 8)

8 Trade Agreements Update: Summer 2023

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Minutes:

8.1     The Committee received an update on Trade Agreements and agreed to:

 

·         Write to the UK Government requesting its analysis of what the CPTPP means for Wales.

·         Write to the Welsh Government to request its perspective document detailing its analysis of CPTPP membership; and

·         Consider taking further action on receipt of the document, including continued monitoring of the agreement’s expected impacts, obtaining stakeholder evidence and sharing information with counterpart committees in other UK parliaments.

 

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