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date	07/05/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	China: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the trade dispute between the United States and China; and of the effect of that dispute on global markets.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL15568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK remains concerned about the current trade tensions between the US and China which could adversely affect global growth.</p><p>The UK shares some of the US’s concerns with China’s trade practices and believes they should be addressed through structural opening in China and through multilateral cooperation, including ambitious reform of the WTO. The UK supports ongoing dialogue between the US and China to resolve these issues with an outcome that is WTO-compliant. We continue to raise our concerns with partners.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 21/05/2019 11:08:26 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1125106

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	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 (a) staff and (b) funding the Government provides to the World Trade Organisation.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	251191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK’s assessed contribution to the WTO for 2019 is 7,446,595 Swiss francs. The UK also supports and funds several projects, such as those run by the International Trade Centre (a joint agency of the WTO and UNCTAD), the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility, the Enhanced Integrated Framework (a multi-donor trust fund) and the WTO Standards and Trade Development Facility which all focus on helping developing countries engage and participate in global trade. The UK funding for these projects is £55.25 million between 2016 and 2023.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the United Kingdom is represented at the World Trade Organization by Julian Braithwaite, our Ambassador and Permanent Representative in Geneva. The Ambassador and his team play an active role in the work of the WTO, which is a member-led organisation. Since July 2016 the Government has increased its resourcing for the UK Mission to the UN and Other International Organisations in Geneva.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 13/05/2019 16:58:09 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1125156

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Bullying
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 cases of bullying and harassment that have been recorded against managers in his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	251307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) was formed in July 2016. As such, we do not hold any data from before this time.</p><p> </p><p>Bullying and harassment is taken very seriously in DIT and is a central part of DIT’s Fair Treatment at Work Policy, which is available to all staff through our internal intranet. As part of this and alongside our HR function, DIT has in place first responders who are trained to support and signpost individuals on issues relating to bullying and harassment.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of cases centrally reported by the department</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 (From July)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 (To date)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Where there are fewer than 5 cases recorded, we are not able to provide exact figures as this may lead to individuals being identified. We are not able to provide specific figures for the incidents recorded against managers only as we do not collect this data centrally.</p><p> </p><p>This data covers staff in the UK, and UK based staff working overseas.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 15/05/2019 09:09:06 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord