Policy paper

UK approach to negotiating a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

The UK’s objectives in trade negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for International Trade
• Published: 22 June 2022

Documents

UK-Gulf Cooperation Council free trade agreement: the UK's strategic approach

PDF, 1.94 MB, 84 pages

Technical annexes accompanying the scoping assessment of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Gulf Cooperation Council

PDF, 1.12 MB, 44 pages

Details

This document explains the UK government’s:

• strategic rationale for pursuing a free trade agreement with the GCC
• negotiating objectives for a free trade agreement between the UK and the GCC
• response to our consultation on a trade agreement between the UK and the GCC, including how the consultation informed the UK’s negotiating objectives
• initial assessment of the potential long-term impacts of a trade agreement between the UK and the GCC

Published 22 June 2022