Asked by: Stephen Hammond (Conservative - Wimbledon)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the article entitled UK has rolled over only 14 of 236 EU International Treaties published by the Financial Times on 29 October 2018, how many of the EU free trade agreements the Government has secured agreement to replicate.
Answered by George Hollingbery
As an EU Member State, the UK currently participates in around 40 free trade agreements. The Government continues to seek continuity for the effects of these agreements as we leave the EU.
Asked by: Stephen Hammond (Conservative - Wimbledon)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many free trade agreements with third parties the UK is party to as a result of its membership of the EU ; and how many of those agreements the UK Government plans to replicate after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by George Hollingbery
As an EU member state, the UK currently participates in around 40 free trade agreements. A list of these agreements can be found here: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/negotiations-and-agreements/.
The Government is seeking continuity for the effects of these agreements as we leave the EU.