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date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Remedies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act 2018 whether there will be a presumption that the Trade Remedies Authority will impose a trade remedy unless it can be demonstrated that the negative economic effect determined under the economic interest test outweighs the economic benefits of imposing that remedy.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	211068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Where the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) finds that there has been injury to a domestic industry caused by the import of dumped or subsidised goods, it is required to conduct an Economic Interest Test, as set out in the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018, before recommending measures to the Secretary of State.</p><p> </p><p>In applying that test, the Act makes clear in respect of anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties that there is a presumption in favour of measures being imposed. That presumption applies to the TRA, and to the Secretary of State, and means that measures will be imposed unless it can be demonstrated that the negative economic effects of doing so outweigh the positive.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 28/01/2019 10:30:22 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1045713

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Remedies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the timeframe will be in which the Trade Remedies Authority will be required to conclude proceedings in respect of a WTO Article 5 investigation.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	210450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Article 5 of the WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping sets out that investigations should normally be concluded within 12 months, and must not take longer than 18 months. The same rules apply in respect of subsidy investigations.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear that the TRA will be expected to comply with WTO rules; this includes in respect of timeframes where relevant.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 28/01/2019 12:06:32 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1045714

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Remedies: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether trade unions will be defined as interested parties in trade remedies investigations once the UK has an independent trade policy.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	210451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK trade remedies system will adopt the WTO definition of interested parties, that is:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Producers of the like goods in the UK</li><li>An overseas exporter or UK importer of the goods subject to investigation</li><li>Trade or business associations of such producers, exporters or importers</li><li>The government of the exporting country of the goods under investigation</li></ul><p> </p><p>Other parties who may have an interest in the case, such as Trade Unions, will be able to participate as contributors.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 24/01/2019 16:51:01 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1045716

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Companies: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of British companies in EU supply chains in which a party has an outstanding trade complaint being (a) considered and (b) investigated by the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	210452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Trade remedies are currently under EU competence while we remain a Member State.</p><p> </p><p>The European Commission is currently conducting four anti-dumping investigations, two anti-subsidy investigations and 14 expiry reviews. The Commission provides information about complaints to Member States on a confidential basis. The involvement of British companies in EU supply chains varies on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is committed to a rules-based international trade system and is in the process of establishing the Trade Remedies Authority to ensure that UK businesses continue to be protected from unfair and injurious trade practices once we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 28/01/2019 12:10:53 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1045717

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Remedies Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the volume of (a) legislation and (b) regulations required to be (i) introduced and (ii) amended to give effect to the work of the Trade Remedies Authority; and how many of those items will be brought forward in secondary legislation.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	210453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p><em></em>The trade remedies framework is set out in the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018, which received Royal Assent on 14 September.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations that will set out the detail of the system will be laid by my Department in the coming weeks; we anticipate that this will amount to 3 substantive statutory instruments.</p><p> </p><p>There will be also some need for amendment of other secondary legislation in relation to enabling appeals to be heard by the Upper Tribunal, and the imposition of trade remedy measures on affected imports. These will be included in statutory instruments to be laid by MoJ and HMRC respectively.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 28/01/2019 12:14:58 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner