Trade: Trans-Pacific Partnership Debate
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Lord Holmes of Richmond
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Trade: Trans-Pacific Partnership
Lord Holmes of Richmond Excerpts(3 years, 7 months ago)
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Lord Holmes of Richmond (Non-Afl)
My Lords, what assessment have the Government made of any implications for UK intellectual property rights? What progress have they made in the establishment of a utility trade platform, which would truly enable us to be a 21st-century, global, electronically based trading nation?
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel (Con)
My Lords, the UK will ensure that any future accession talks with the CPTPP are consistent with the UK’s interests and the Government’s stated policies and priorities. We will not make changes to our intellectual property regime that are in any way detrimental to ourselves.