Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the database of trade barriers referred to in the speech by the Minister for Trade Policy to the Global Trade Conference 2022 at Chatham House on 3 November 2022; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Government routinely publishes market access barrier information via the Check International Trade Barriers service on gov.uk (https://www.check-international-trade-barriers.service.gov.uk/) which includes 469 resolved and unresolved barriers in over 60 countries.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish a list of trade barriers her Department has identified facing British businesses in (a) India, (b) France and (c) Germany; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Government routinely publishes market access barrier information via the Check International Trade Barriers service on gov.uk (https://www.check-international-trade-barriers.service.gov.uk/) which includes 469 resolved and unresolved barriers in over 60 countries.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of her Department’s export strategy entitled, Made in the UK, sold to the World, published on 17 November 2021; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Andrew Bowie - Shadow Minister (Energy Security and Net Zero)
UK exports were £728 billion in the 12 months to end of August 2022, up £116 billion in current prices, adjusted for inflation this shows an increase of £49bn.
The Export Strategy provides the foundation of our support for businesses, helping them capitalise on new trade deals. Since its launch, the Export Support Service has received over 11,500 enquiries. We have expanded the Export Academy, boosted our International Trade Advisor network, the ‘Made in the UK, Sold to the World’ campaign continues to inspire businesses to export and last week’s International Trade Week attracted over 10,000 business registrations and held 120 business-facing events.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether officials from her Department have had discussions with representatives of companies that have stopped trading with the European Union since the end of the Brexit transition period on the reasons behind those business decisions; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Marcus Fysh
The Department for International Trade remains committed to listening to a wide range of voices to ensure our trade policy delivers for the whole of the UK, including businesses. We have established an extensive stakeholder engagement framework allowing business and stakeholders the opportunity to feed into our trade policy.
In addition, the Export Support Service (ESS), has helped over 11,500 UK businesses trade with Europe. ESS has also contacted businesses that have stopped trading with the EU to make them aware of support available.