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date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Ceramics: USA
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 to the US to oppose retaliatory duties of up to 100 per cent against British ceramic products.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	244167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK is working closely with the EU and European partners to support a negotiated settlement to the Airbus and Boeing disputes. Through the EU, we are challenging in the WTO the US’s claim that it is entitled to impose retaliatory tariffs on the UK. However, it would not be appropriate for the UK to make representations to the US on specific products whilst we are contesting the right of the US to impose any tariffs at all.</p><p> </p><p>We are clear that a tariff war would not be in the interests of UK, EU or US industry. We agree with EU and others that we do not want to see the disputes escalate further. The UK will continue to work closely with the EU on next steps.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery grouped question UIN 244168 question first answered 25/04/2019 08:50:30 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

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registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Ceramics: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the British ceramic industry of US trade action against EU products.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	244168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK is working closely with the EU and European partners to support a negotiated settlement to the Airbus and Boeing disputes. Through the EU, we are challenging in the WTO the US’s claim that it is entitled to impose retaliatory tariffs on the UK. However, it would not be appropriate for the UK to make representations to the US on specific products whilst we are contesting the right of the US to impose any tariffs at all.</p><p> </p><p>We are clear that a tariff war would not be in the interests of UK, EU or US industry. We agree with EU and others that we do not want to see the disputes escalate further. The UK will continue to work closely with the EU on next steps.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery grouped question UIN 244167 question first answered 25/04/2019 08:50:30 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent