Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 127970, what meetings he, or Ministers in his Department, have had with representatives from (a) Australia, (b) EU, (c) Canada and (d) the US on their trade remedies system.

The Government is a supporter of free trade. However, free trade does not mean trade without rules. An important part of our rounded trade policy is that we put in place a trade remedies framework to protect domestic industry from injury as a result of dumping or subsidy, or unforeseen surges in imports.

DIT Ministers have made a combined number of 60 visits to Australia, USA, Canada and EU countries and have had wide ranging discussions on a range of topics including future trade policy options.