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<p>The UK takes very seriously its obligations and priorities on gender equality,
human rights and sustainability via, amongst other mechanisms, the Convention on the
Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the European Convention
on Human Rights (ECHR), the Paris Agreement, the agreement of the UK’s Fifth Carbon
Budget in July 2016 and actively supporting the Joint Declaration on Trade and Women’s
Economic Empowerment at the World Trade Organization in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt
Hon. friend, the Secretary of State for International Trade, made a Statement to the
House of Commons in July in which he committed the Government to publishing scoping
assessments for any proposed new free trade agreement prior to the beginning of negotiations
and publishing impact assessments of any concluded agreement prior to ratification.</p><p>
</p><p>The impact assessments will be consistent with the Government’s impact assessment
process for new legislation, which considers environmental and social impacts where
appropriate. These impact assessments will give due consideration to the effects of
the concluded trade deals on different groups, including gender groups, in line with
our requirements under the Equalities Act.</p>
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