Free Zones

(asked on 12th March 2020) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on proposals for freeports of the UK trading with the EU under WTO rules after the transition period.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 17th March 2020

The Government is seeking a friendly relationship with the EU, based on free trade and as sovereign equals. That relationship will be established on 1 January next year.

The Government will also strike trade deals with old and new friends and partners across the globe.

Aside from the UK’s future trading relationships, the Government is consulting on creating up to 10 freeports to level up communities across the UK. The Government are currently consulting publicly on freeports policy, including on a new, ambitious customs model.

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