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1331640

registered interest
date	10/06/2021
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: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress she has made towards a free trade agreement with the US.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	900758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>I am in close contact with Katherine Tai, the US Trade Representative. I am pleased the US has lifted tariffs on Whisky, and I am working to lift Airbus Boeing dispute. We are continuing to make progress in Free Trade Agreement (FTA) discussions as well as working together on our broader trade agenda.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/06/2021 12:35:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1331641

registered interest
date	10/06/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of her Department’s trade policies on the protection of animal welfare.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	900756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s manifesto is clear that we are firmly committed to upholding our high standards.  Having left the EU, we get to decide how we set and maintain our own animal welfare laws, standards and regulations. The Government will stand firm in trade negotiations, taking account of animal welfare considerations, to ensure any future trade deals live up to the values of farmers and consumers across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 10/06/2021 12:39:07 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1331642

registered interest
date	10/06/2021
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: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress has she made towards a free trade agreement with the US.
tabling member constituency	Kenilworth and Southam
tabling member printed	Jeremy Wright
uin	900757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>I am in close contact with Katherine Tai, the US Trade Representative. I am pleased the US has lifted tariffs on Whisky and I am working to lift Airbus Boeing dispute. We are continuing to make progress in Free Trade Agreement (FTA) discussions as well as working together on our broader trade agenda.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/06/2021 12:35:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright

1331643

registered interest
date	10/06/2021
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: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to support UK farmers during negotiations on a future trade deal with Australia.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	900755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>A UK-Australia deal will open up new opportunities for British farming. British beef and lamb are the best in the world and a deal with Australia is a first step to joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and opening up new opportunities for our agri-food exports in growing CPTPP markets across four continents. Any deal we sign with Australia will also include protections for UK agriculture and will not undercut UK farmers or compromise our high standards.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 10/06/2021 12:38:03 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1331644

registered interest
date	10/06/2021
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: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment she has made of the potential benefits of international trade for the North West.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Antony Higginbotham
uin	900753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>Burnley and the wider North West economy already benefit from the higher productivity and better-quality jobs associated with international trade. According to new experimental research, 630,000 jobs in the region were estimated to be linked to exports in 2016, and Foreign Direct Investment projects created over 5,000 new jobs in 2019-20.We are confident the new Free Trade Agreements we are striking around the world will create even more opportunities for Burnley companies and that this increased trade will help level up the UK economy further.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 10/06/2021 15:22:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4833 label Biography information for Antony Higginbotham

1330066

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
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: Iceland and Norway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the new trade agreement reached in principle with Norway and Iceland on 4 June 2021 removes the prohibition clause on drawback of, or exemption from, customs duties in Title IV, Article 14 of the previous Agreement on Trade in Goods with Norway and Iceland signed on 10 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	11509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>The new trade deal will replace the previous Agreement on Trade in Goods signed on 8<sup>th</sup> December 2020 and does not include prohibitions to the use of duty drawback and exemptions.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 10/06/2021 16:45:49 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1330067

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
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: Liechtenstein and Switzerland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether points two and three of Article 1.4 of the new trade agreement reached in principle with Liechtenstein on 4 June 2021 means that the prohibition clause on drawback of, or exemption from, customs duties in Title IV, Article 14 of the previous agreement signed on 11 February 2019 with Liechtenstein and Switzerland remains in force.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	11510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has agreed in principle an ambitious new trade agreement with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, which goes further than any other trade agreement these countries have negotiated before with a free trade agreement partner.</p><p>For Norway and Iceland, it includes provision for companies in a British freeport to import goods, suspending the duty payable, carry out a certain minimum amount of working and processing specified by the agreement and then export to the countries that are party to the new agreement under preference. However, Liechtenstein’s goods trading relationship with the United Kingdom continues to be governed by a separate agreement that was signed on 11<sup>th</sup> February 2019. This agreement includes prohibitions on the use of duty drawback and exemptions, similar to those with other trading partners that are signatories to the Pan-European-Mediterranean Convention. We will continue to keep such agreements under review in order to maximise benefits for all British businesses, including those operating in freeports.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena grouped question UIN 11511 question first answered 10/06/2021 16:39:42 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1330068

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether companies based in the UK’s new generation of freeports will be able to (a) import goods duty free, (b) process them into finished goods and (c) export them to (i) Norway and Iceland and (ii) Liechtenstein on the same terms as companies based elsewhere in the UK under the agreement reached in principle with those countries on 4 June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	11511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has agreed in principle an ambitious new trade agreement with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, which goes further than any other trade agreement these countries have negotiated before with a free trade agreement partner.</p><p>For Norway and Iceland, it includes provision for companies in a British freeport to import goods, suspending the duty payable, carry out a certain minimum amount of working and processing specified by the agreement and then export to the countries that are party to the new agreement under preference. However, Liechtenstein’s goods trading relationship with the United Kingdom continues to be governed by a separate agreement that was signed on 11<sup>th</sup> February 2019. This agreement includes prohibitions on the use of duty drawback and exemptions, similar to those with other trading partners that are signatories to the Pan-European-Mediterranean Convention. We will continue to keep such agreements under review in order to maximise benefits for all British businesses, including those operating in freeports.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena grouped question UIN 11510 question first answered 10/06/2021 16:39:42 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1330069

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
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, what her planned timetable is for negotiating revised trade agreements with (a) Liechtenstein, (b) Switzerland, (c) Canada, (d) Singapore, (e) Israel, (f) Mexico, (g) Egypt, (h) North Macedonia, (i) Chile, (j) Morocco, (k) Ukraine, (l) Lebanon, (m) Jordan, (n) Tunisia, (o) Serbia, (p) Georgia, (q) Faroe Islands, (r) Moldova, (s) Albania, (t) Kosovo and (u) Palestine to enable companies using the duty-free provisions in the UK’s new generation of freeports to access the tariff reductions available on UK exports to those countries.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	11512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has already committed to beginning negotiations with Canada and Mexico by the end of 2021. HM Government will continue to keep all agreements under review, as we seek to improve benefits for all British businesses, including those operating in our freeports.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 10/06/2021 16:57:57 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1330075

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
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: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of excluding the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism from the UK-Australia trade agreement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	11602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>The precise details of a free trade agreement with Australia are a matter for formal negotiations, and the Government would not seek to pre-empt these discussions.</p><p> </p><p>If it is deemed that a legal mechanism is appropriate for resolving investment disputes, the mechanism will reflect modern practice, deliver fair outcomes of claims, require high ethical standards for arbitrators and include transparent proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>There has never been a successful Investor State Dispute Settlement claim against the United Kingdom, nor has the threat of potential claims affected its legislation.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 10/06/2021 10:28:40 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq