Overseas Trade

(asked on 21st May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Trade Policy of 17 May 2018, Official Report, column 410, if he will publish the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and the CARIFORUM states.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 24th May 2018

I have agreed a number of joint statements with partner countries setting out our mutual ambition to ensure continuity of trading relations as the UK leaves the EU, and have already published these as they have been agreed. In July 2017, my noble Friend, the then Minister of State for Trade Policy (Lord Price) agreed such a statement of intent with ministers from the Southern African Customs Union. In November 2017, I agreed a similar statement with the CARIFORUM trade ministers and representatives, and also with the East and Southern Africa States in April 2018.

More information can be found in the following links: http://www.sacu.int/docs/pr/2017/pr0719.pdf

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-on-trade-between-uk-and-the-cariforum-states

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-on-trade-between-uk-and-the-esa-states

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