questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of seeking a comprehensive trade agreement between Commonwealth member states.
answerText: There is already a strong 'Commonwealth advantage'. Members on average benefit from a 21 per cent reduction in trading costs, and 27 per cent higher bilateral investment within the Commonwealth. The UK has taken a range of actions to strengthen this. We h...
heading: Commonwealth: Trade Agreements