Human Rights: Turkey

(asked on 9th December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Turkey upholds international labour and human rights standards as a condition of any trade deal with the UK; and if she will make a statement.


Answered by
Ranil Jayawardena Portrait
Ranil Jayawardena
This question was answered on 16th December 2020

The United Kingdom’s priority this year is to seek to replicate the effects of existing EU trading arrangements with Turkey, as far as possible, into a bilateral arrangement between the United Kingdom and Turkey by the end of the Transition Period.

HM Government has a strong history of promoting our values globally. We are clear trade does not come at the expense of our record in upholding rights and responsibilities, which are a key part of our foreign policy, and HM Government will continue to engage the Turkish Government on these issues.

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