Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their objectives for the WTO’s 11th Ministerial Conference, taking place in December; and who will be the UK participants.

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is the home of the rules-based international system for global trade. As a founding member of the WTO, the United Kingdom is committed to the multilateral trading system. The UK wants to see a successful outcome at the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference, and looks forward to discussing a range of important trade issues, including fisheries subsidies, digital trade, agricultural domestic support and public stockholding, domestic regulation in services and investment facilitation.

The United Kingdom’s official delegation will be headed by my Rt Hon Friends the Secretary of State for International Trade and the Minister of State for Trade Policy. They will be supported by officials from the Department for International Trade, the Department for International Development, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.