To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2018 to Question 125208 on UK trade with the EU, whether any third countries have made any proposals for commitments that could result in a material difference from those in the agreement that is being replicated.
Answered on
28 March 2018
Our partners understand that providing continuity in our existing trading arrangements is a technical exercise and that we are currently limited in what we can negotiate due to our continuing EU membership, and that timescales make renegotiation difficult.
Partners, as the UK, wish to ensure that their businesses and consumers don't lose market access as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
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Department for International Trade