Trade Bill
Debate between Lord Hannay of Chiswick and Viscount Hailsham
Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard): House of Lords
Wednesday 23rd January 2019
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Wednesday 23rd January 2019
(5 years, 7 months ago)
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Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB)
Before the noble Baroness goes on to the next amendment, could she answer a question that I asked in the preliminary debate? In the event of us leaving without a deal, what tariff rates will the United Kingdom apply on 30 March to countries with which the European Union has a preferential trading agreement? That agreement will have lapsed as a result of our departure, so we will not be able to keep those tariffs at zero, as they are at now. The MFN rules of the World Trade Organization will say that we are not in a free trade area, a customs union or a preferential agreement with those countries. Have you told these countries what tariffs we are going to apply, and if so, could you tell us?
