Trade Agreements
(asked on 10th December 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she plans to lay before Parliament the texts of the Continuity Trade Agreements signed with (a) North Macedonia on 3 December 2020, (b) Egypt on 5 December 2020, (c) Kenya, Norway and Iceland on 8 December 2020, (d) Canada on 9 December 2020, (e) Singapore on 10 December 2020 and (f) Vietnam on 11 December 2020; and what the reason is for the time period between signing each of those agreements and publication to Parliament.
The Rt Hon. Lady is right to draw the attention of the House to the number of trade agreements that HM Government has concluded. As of 15th December, we have reached agreements with 58 countries, covering trade worth £198 billion.
Agreements with Canada and North Macedonia were laid in Parliament on Thursday 10th November. We will lay all remaining continuity agreements in Parliament shortly.