Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberafan Maesteg)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he plans to take to ensure the replication of EU trade defence measures to prevent Chinese dumping on the UK market in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
Answered by George Hollingbery
In the event that the UK leaves the EU with no deal, the Government’s priority is to provide continuity for UK industry. Our transition policy is therefore to ensure UK industry retains trade remedy protections on exit, and so we are committed to carrying across existing measures where there is a UK interest, and then reviewing them to make them UK specific. We will follow this approach for any anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard measures that are in place on exit day.
Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberafan Maesteg)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether in the event that the EU Withdrawal Agreement is agreed to UK markets will be protected by EU trade defence measures against Chinese dumping during the transition period of 30 March 2019 to December 2020.
Answered by George Hollingbery
The UK will continue to apply the EU’s Common External Tariff during the Implementation Period from 30 March 2019 to December 2020, including EU trade remedy measures.
Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberafan Maesteg)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made on the number of countries which solely rely on World Trade Organisation schedules.
Answered by Greg Hands
All World Trade Organisation Members have at least one preferential trade agreement in place. As set out in the Department for International Trade’s 9 October policy paper, Preparing for our future UK trade policy (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preparing-for-our-future-uk-trade-policy), the Government will seek to transition all existing EU trade agreements and other EU preferential arrangements, as we prepare to leave the EU.
Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberafan Maesteg)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans he has to replicate EU Anti-dumping legislation when the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Greg Hands
Once the UK has exited the EU, we will be able to operate our own independent trade policy. As part of this, the Government is committed to establishing an effective trade remedies system to provide a safety net for domestic producers if dumping, subsidisation or unexpected surges of imports cause injury.
Our ambition is to not just replace the current EU system, but to put in place a framework that will work for the UK.
Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberafan Maesteg)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reason his Department has not published spend greater than £25,000 since July 2016; and when that information will be published.
Answered by Greg Hands
Following the formation of the Department for International Trade (DIT) we have been reviewing and developing our processes for collating this data. This has now been finalised and we are working to collate data for the whole department. This has involved working across multiple departmental systems due to the Machinery of Government changes creating DIT. In line with Cabinet Office guidance, the Department aims to start publishing later in 2017 and this will include backdated information.