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919204

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	World Trade Organization
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress has been made on the submission of agreed trade schedules with the World Trade Organisation.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	151212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>It is the Government’s intention to have our own independent World Trade Organization (WTO) schedules ahead of leaving the EU. Our transition at the WTO continues to move forward.</p><p> </p><p>The appropriate legal mechanism for our goods transition remains rectification. We want to minimise disruption to existing trade and we will act in accordance with WTO rules and procedure. The joint letter we sent with the EU to the WTO membership in October 2017 provides the detail of our proposal.</p><p> </p><p>On services, the UK continues to engage on the detail of our draft schedule. We are committed to retaining our existing commitments. We have also begun the process to independently accede to the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) by formally submitting a market access offer.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/06/2018 11:35:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

887069

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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 Agreements: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he plans to take to ensure that UK trade with developing countries will promote women’s rights after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	136637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK is committed to promoting the economic empowerment of women. Therefore we supported the Declaration on Trade and Gender at the WTO Ministerial Conference in December and the Secretary of State announced the UK's ambition for gender responsive trade last week. As the UK establishes an independent trade policy, we will create a framework that delivers for female exporters and upholds gender equality. Last week the Prime Minister also announced UK support for women traders in developing countries in the Commonwealth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 24/04/2018 16:44:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

846311

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which external recruitment agencies are used by his Department's non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	128976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade currently has no non-departmental public bodies.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/02/2018 12:42:59 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 43243 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

824606

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Bombardier: Import Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when he last raised with the US administration the issue of the 300 per cent tariff imposed on Bombardier by the its Department of Commerce.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	123407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>HMG Ministers and Officials have been actively engaging with the US Administration, Canadian Government, Boeing and Bombardier to facilitate a resolution to this dispute. Ministers and senior officials have had numerous calls and meetings with the US administration and Congress, including with Boeing in relation to this dispute specifically. In addition, the Prime Minister has raised this issue a number of times with President Trump.</p><p>The UK Government has maintained that Boeing’s complaint to the US Department of Commerce is unjustified, and we will continue to strongly defend our case.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/01/2018 18:08:56 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

818812

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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 Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department plans to carry out impact assessments on future bilateral trade deals prior to their ratification.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	121576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the White Paper ‘Preparing for our future UK trade policy’, we remain committed to a transparent, fair, and rules-based approach to international trade. We will ensure Parliament has an appropriate role to play in the scrutiny of new UK trade treaties.</p><p>In ratifying EU free trade agreements we already provide impact assessments to Parliament to enable Members from both Houses to consider the effects of these agreements for the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/01/2018 14:20:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 33722 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

810625

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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 Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2017 to Question 118985, on trade agreements, how many trades unions he has met with; and how many times he has met with each of those trades unions.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	120970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has met with a number of trade unions on a range of occasions since its formation, at Ministerial and official level. These meetings covered a variety of topics. As part of our commitment to transparency, we publish quarterly records of Ministerial meetings, available on the Department for International Trade’s .gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/01/2018 14:15:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 33124 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

805313

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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 Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2017 to Question 117618, on Iron and Steel: China, what recent discussions he has had with trade unions on (a) trade remedies to be adopted by the UK after leaving the EU and (b) future free trade deals.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	118985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) engages regularly with stakeholders, including trade unions, and welcomes their views on trade remedies and future trade deals. DIT has held meetings on a number of occasion during 2017, including roundtables and bilateral meetings with trade unions, on topics including the future UK trade remedies framework and future trade deals. The Government will continue to engage with and listen to the views of stakeholders when developing the UK's future trade policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/12/2017 15:45:01 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 30537 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

801059

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2017 to Question 116341, whether his Department plans to replicate the 19 trade remedies currently in force against Chinese steel to which the UK adheres through its EU membership after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	117618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>DIT is preparing a UK trade remedies framework in readiness for the UK leaving the EU.</p><p>In support of this, the Department has issued a call for evidence to identify which UK businesses produce goods currently subject to anti-dumping or anti-subsidy measures, or to an on-going investigation related to these.</p><p>It asks those businesses to state whether they support, are neutral to, or oppose the maintaining of those measures when the UK begins to operate its independent trade remedy framework.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 11/12/2017 18:00:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

797378

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government has made an assessment of whether the Chinese Government has been involved in steel dumping in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	116341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>Trade remedies are an EU competence. It is for industry to demonstrate <em>prima facie</em> evidence of dumping that is causing material injury to EU producers, to the European Commission. We encourage industry to present this evidence to the Commission, where there is evidence of dumping and material injury. Where evidence is sufficient to justify an investigation, the Commission will do so and present any proposals for applying duties to Member States.</p><p> </p><p>The EU currently has 45 measures in place against steel or steel products, 19 of which are against China. As we operate our independent trade policy, we will put in place our own trade remedies framework.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/12/2017 17:20:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

658643

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Business: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what representations he has made on behalf of businesses in Wales in discussions with foreign (a) businesses and (b) trade ministers.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	57609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade supports businesses across the whole of the UK and we are developing a trade policy to reflect this in preparation for our exit from the European Union. Welsh businesses accompanied my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade during his recent visit to India in November 2016 as part of the business delegation. Within the last few weeks, both my noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade Policy (Lord Price) and the Secretary of State met with businesses based in Wales in order to hear about opportunities and concerns, and will continue to hold such meetings.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/12/2016 16:31:03 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens