Trade Agreements

(asked on 16th December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which of the Continuity Trade Agreements signed by her Department since 1 October 2020 were shown in draft form to (a) the members of the Trade and Agriculture Commission, (b) relevant members of her Trade Advisory Groups, and (c) the members of her Trade Union Advisory Group, for the purposes of expert analysis and consultation prior to the completion of negotiations.


Answered by
Ranil Jayawardena Portrait
Ranil Jayawardena
This question was answered on 11th January 2021

Continuity Trade Agreements seek to replicate the effects of the EU’s trade agreements, and were scrutinised on that basis previously. Accordingly, no draft continuity trade agreements have been been shared with these groups.

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