Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which EU anti-dumping regulations the Government plans to maintain after the UK leaves the EU are subject to an ongoing expiry review.
Answered by George Hollingbery
On 24 July 2018, the government published the provisional findings of the trade remedies call for evidence into which existing EU trade remedy measures matter to the UK, including details of which measures the government plans to maintain.
Interested parties were invited to provide further information which may affect these findings. The government is currently considering this information.
A list of EU measures currently subject to an expiry review can be found on the European Commission’s website: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/tdi/
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent progress he has made on UK-third country free trade agreements.
Answered by George Hollingbery
We are working with countries across the world to explore the best ways to develop our current trade and investment relationships and have established working groups and high-level dialogues with a range of key trade partners. Working Group discussions include preparatory work on the potential of future trade agreements towards pursuing an independent trade policy once we have left the EU.
Last July, we launched four public consultations on prospective new agreements with the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as the UK’s potential membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
As a priority, we are seeking continuity of all our existing EU trade agreements. We have had positive discussions with our trading partners towards achieving a smooth transition for businesses and consumers. Ministers and officials are engaging regularly with partner countries to complete this work.
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he had with his counterpart in the Government of China during the recent trade mission on the dumping of ceramic products by that country.
Answered by Greg Hands
My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade recently accompanied the Prime Minister on a visit to China, where the need for open and fair trade and a global effort to tackle overcapacity was raised at the highest levels of the Chinese government.
The Governments have regular contact on the full range of issues relating to trade and have launched a trade review to put this on a more formal footing.
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when officials in his Department received a draft report of the research conducted by Copenhagen Economics and Van Bael & Bellis into the design of the UK Trade Remedies Framework.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The development of this economic research was an iterative process. The researchers provided regular progress updates in order for the Department to monitor delivery against the research specification.
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the non-executive members of the Trade Remedies Authority will include representatives from the UK manufacturing sector and trades unions.
Answered by Greg Hands
We are committed to creating an organisation with the expertise required to reach informed and objective conclusions on trade remedies cases and this means ensuring the Trade Remedies Authority is led by individuals with the right skills to effectively operate a UK-wide function. As with other such appointments, appointments to the Trade Remedies Authority will be made in accordance with good governance principles and rules on public appointments.
The Department for International Trade has engaged with a range of stakeholders including all sorts of businesses, and trade unions, throughout the policy and legislative development process for the trade remedies framework and will continue to do so as it sets up the Trade Remedies Authority.