Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

(asked on 22nd February 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the effect on UK environmental legislation of the investment protection provisions in the EU-Canada free trade agreement.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 2nd March 2017

The investment protection provisions in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) will have no impact on UK environmental or fisheries legislation. They cannot force the UK, Canada or other EU Member States to changes their laws on the environment, fisheries or any other area of public policy.

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