To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have set up the appeal mechanism required under World Trade Organization rules which will enable the UK to challenge trade defence measures taken by other countries against UK goods.
Answered on
24 May 2018
The UK is committed to a rules based international trade system and is in the process of establishing the Trade Remedies Authority to ensure that UK businesses continue to be protected from unfair and injurious trade practices once we leave the EU.
The UK, will be able, as the EU currently can, to pursue an appeal against trade remedies measures imposed on UK goods, in line with the domestic processes in the country imposing measures against UK goods.
The Government will also be able to bring a case to WTO dispute settlement over measures that are not compliant with WTO agreements.