Trade Agreements

(asked on 22nd January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have agreed free trade agreements for when the UK leaves the EU with (1) Norway, (2) Switzerland, (3) South Korea, and (4) Turkey; and if not, when they expect to do so.


Answered by
Baroness Fairhead Portrait
Baroness Fairhead
This question was answered on 5th February 2019

The UK and Swiss governments have agreed the text of a trade agreement which the Government expects to sign shortly.

Alongside the Withdrawal Agreement, the EU agreed to notify its treaty partners that the UK is treated as a Member State for the purposes of EU international agreements during the Implementation Period (IP). This includes trade agreements.

The Government will be updating businesses and Parliament on the progress of this programme of work shortly.

Reticulating Splines