Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (Accession) Debate

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Department: Department for International Trade

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (Accession)

Steve McCabe Excerpts
Wednesday 17th June 2020

(4 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Steve McCabe Portrait Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)
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Given the Secretary of State’s ambition to have tariffs removed, will she tell us why nine of 11 products—including cheese, honey and butter—that the EU can export tariff-free to South Korea are subject to tariffs for this country under the UK-South Korea continuity agreement, which the Government have negotiated?

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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It is my aim in all our agreements to secure the maximum tariff-free access for our products, but in any given agreement there are always trade-offs. My key priority is making sure that we do not cross any UK red lines.