PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
EU External Trade (15 November 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether free trade agreements agreed between the EU and (a) Turkey, (b) Switzerland, (c) South Korea, (d) South Africa, (e) Norway and (f) Iceland will allow the cumulation of EU and UK content during any transition period after the UK leaves the EU.

Asked by:
Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party)

As the Government has set out in both the Department for International Trade’s (DIT) White Paper – ‘Preparing for our future UK trade policy’ – and the recently published Trade Bill, the Department is engaging with all countries with which the European Union currently has free trade agreements with a view to replicating as far, as possible, the effects of existing agreements as the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, including in any implementation period that might be agreed between the UK and the EU.

These discussions will include consideration of technical matters, such as rules of origin and cumulation.

Answered by:
Greg Hands (Conservative)
21 November 2017