Trade Agreements

(asked on 20th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which Governments have asked the UK Government for concessions on human rights standards in talks on the conclusion of bilateral trade deals.


Answered by
George Hollingbery Portrait
George Hollingbery
This question was answered on 4th March 2019

We are seeking to continue human rights provisions as the UK transitions existing EU free trade deals into a UK form. The government will lay a report in Parliament for each signed agreement laying out any changes from the original. These are largely technical changes.

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