Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which countries are deemed by her Department as operating under non-market economy conditions.

In line with WTO rules, the United Kingdom’s trade remedies framework allows the application of non-market economy treatment for countries:

a) That are not members of the WTO;

b) That are members of the WTO, but where the terms of their membership contain specific provisions regarding the determination of the normal value; or

c) Where there is a complete or substantially complete monopoly of its trade, and where all or substantially all domestic prices are fixed by the government.