Trade Agreements: Côte d'Ivoire

(asked on 15th October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether provisions have been made on the protection of workers’ rights and International Labour Organisation standards in the UK-Cote d’Ivoire continuity trade agreement beyond those in the EU-Cote d’Ivoire Economic Partnership Agreement.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 21st October 2020

The UK-Côte d’Ivoire bilateral Agreement replicates, as far as possible, the effects of our existing Agreement with Côte d’Ivoire. It replicates the objectives that applied to the EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and confirms that the same essential and fundamental elements will underpin the UK EPA, including human rights, democratic principles, good governance and the rule of law.

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