Feb. 21 2024
Source Page: TRA recommends steel safeguard measure be extended to 2026Found: The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has today (21 February 2024) published initial findings proposing
Written Evidence May. 08 2024
Inquiry: Net zero and tradeFound: NZT0003 - Net zero and trade Global Justice Now Written Evidence
Found: Non-MSP Members of The Group For organisational members please provide only the name of the organisation
Asked by: Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the consultation response to the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 on 17 January, when they will inform the WTO and EU Commission of the proposed changes, and how long each will have to make a response.
Answered by Lord Douglas-Miller - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
We are working to notify the World Trade Organisation (WTO) of the legislative changes to The Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 and Bread and Flour Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 in February. Notification to the EU Commission in respect of amendments in Northern Ireland will happen concurrently. The notification to WTO under the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement involves a comment period of 60 days. Any comments received will be considered, following which measures can be adopted in Great Britain subject to parliamentary process. After notifying the EU Commission under Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, for legislative changes in Northern Ireland, the Commission will provide an opinion on envisaged measures within three months. Measures can be adopted in Northern Ireland six months after notification provided the Commission’s opinion is not negative.
Apr. 10 2024
Source Page: Braithwaite, Julian - Director General, Organised Immigration Crime, Home Office - ACOBA AdviceFound: It acts in partnership with civil society, industry, governments, the United Nations and the World Health
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help British cheese producers maintain levels of exports to Canada.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
As of 1 January 2024, U.K. exporters can export cheese to Canada tariff free if they do so through a Canadian importer with a licence for Canada’s “non-EU” World Trade Organisation quota. We continue to work closely with U.K. cheese exporters to monitor the impact of these changes.
We will also work closely with the sector to ensure that U.K. exporters are in a strong position to take advantage of the Canadian dairy quotas that the U.K. will be able to access through CPTPP.
Asked by: Mark Pritchard (Conservative - The Wrekin)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to extend the eligibility of British cheese producers to export cheese to Canada under the reserve for the European Union within Canada's World Trade Organisation Tariff Rate Quota until 31 December 2025.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Negotiations with Canada on this issue are ongoing. Our key aim is to ensure that we maintain current market access for the UK dairy sector. We have longstanding rights to this access at the World Trade Organisation, and a long-term solution is in the best interests of businesses on both sides of the Atlantic. We continue to make that clear to the Canadian government at Ministerial and official level.
Apr. 18 2024
Source Page: The UK and US sanction leading Iranian military figures and entities following the attack on IsraelFound: Seid Mir Ahmad Nooshin, Aerospace Industries Organisation (AIO) Director and four further individuals
Apr. 18 2024
Source Page: The UK and US sanction leading Iranian military figures and entities following the attack on IsraelFound: Seid Mir Ahmad Nooshin, Aerospace Industries Organisation (AIO) Director and four further individuals
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Inquiry: International relations within the multilateral systemFound: Trade Organisation .................................................................................