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	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	EU External Trade: 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 effects on the British economy of a trade war between the EU and the United States.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL9861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/08/2018 answer text <p>Increased tariffs can have damaging impacts on our domestic industries as well as on consumers. Further escalation of trade tensions between the EU and US would be damaging to both the EU and US economies.</p><p>The Government has been engaging directly with the US administration, including through 5 Ministerial visits to the US, meetings with senior administration figures and the recent visit of President Trump to the UK.</p><p>We welcome the agreement between President Juncker and President Trump to open negotiations to avoid further escalation that would harm businesses and consumers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 08/08/2018 15:20:38 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

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	registered interest
	date	10/05/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Exports: Small Businesses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the take up to date of finance available to small and medium enterprises and companies through UK Export Finance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL7743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>UK Export Finance (UKEF) publishes details of its support on an annual basis in its Annual Report and Accounts which are presented to Parliament and can be found on its website, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-export-finance-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-export-finance-annual-reports-and-accounts</a></p><p> </p><p>In 2016-17, 79% of UK companies supported by UKEF were small and medium-sized enterprises.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 22/05/2018 16:58:14 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark