World Trade Organisation

(asked on 18th October 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government plans to re-apply for World Trade Organisation membership upon leaving the EU; and what assessment he has made of the length of time it would take for such an application to be successful.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 26th October 2016

The UK is already a member of the WTO in its own right and will not need to re-apply upon leaving the EU.

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