Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer 31 January 2018 to Question 125209 on Trade Agreements, whether maintaining the arrangements of the EU free trade agreements with Turkey will require the retention of the provisions of the Customs Union.

As the Prime Minister has made clear, the UK will be leaving the EU Customs Union on the 29^th March 2019. This position has not changed. We want our future customs arrangements with both the EU and Turkey to enable as frictionless trade as possible in goods, whilst enabling us to exercise an independent international trade policy. Our trade dialogue with Turkey is focused on how this can be achieved.