questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Costa Rica to join UK as member of £13 trillion in GDP global trade bloc, published on 7 May 2026, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of Costa Rica’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership to the level of bilateral trade between the UK and Costa Rica.
answerText: Bilateral trade with Costa Rica was £1.2 billion in the four quarters to the end of Q4 2025, and accession to CPTPP can enhance our trading relationship through improved market access. This includes further liberalisation of Costa Rica’s professional serv...
heading: Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Costa Rica