Trade Bill factsheet: Devolution
Powers to implement the GPA and continuity trade agreements in
the Trade Bill will be held by the UK government and the devolved
administrations concurrently.
Trade Bill factsheet:
devolution
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The Trade Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on
7 November 2017 and is currently progressing through the
House of Lords. The Trade Bill provides powers for UK
ministers and devolved ministers to make changes to
domestic law that may be required to implement:
- the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Government
Procurement (GPA)
- any agreements the UK
Governmentreacheswiththirdpartycountrieswhohave already
signed a trade deal with the EU.
The powers in the Trade Bill relating to
the GPA and
transitioning existing trade agreements will be held
concurrently by the devolved administrations and the UK
government, ensuring that where it makes practical sense
for regulations to be made once for the whole UK, it is
possible for this to happen.
The UK government will not normally use these powers to
amend legislation in devolved areas without the consent of
the relevant devolved administrations, and not without
first consulting them.
The Trade Bill will not take any powers away from the
devolved administrations. Every decision that a devolved
administration could make before exit day, they can make
afterwards.
Trade Bill factsheet: providing continuity and
maintaining standards in UK trade agreements
The Trade Bill will ensure the UK is ready for when we leave
the EU, providing continuity for individuals, businesses, and
international trading partners.
Trade Bill
factsheet: providing continuity and maintaining standards
in UK Trade Agreements
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The Trade
Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on
7 November 2017 and is currently progressing through the
House of Lords.
The Trade Bill does not cover future trade agreements but
allows for the transition of trade agreements that
currently exist between the EU and other countries.
Transitioning these trade agreements will provide
continuity for British business.
The government has been clear that we will not lower
food, environmental or animal welfare standards as part
of any free trade agreement.
Trade Bill factsheet: Trade Remedies
Authority
The Trade Bill establishes a Trade Remedies Authority to
protect UK domestic industries from injury suffered because
of unfair trading practices and unforeseen surges in
imports.
Trade Bill
factsheet: Trade Remedies Authority
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Trade remedy measures are key to ensuring an effective
rules-based system for international trade. They do so by
protecting domestic industries against injury suffered
because of unfair trading practices – including dumping and
subsidies – or unforeseen surges in imports. This levels
the playing field and restores the competitive balance.
The Trade Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on
7 November 2017 and is currently progressing through the
House of Lords. The Trade Bill seeks to legally establish
the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) as an independent
body and sets out its governance structure.
The Bill does not contain detail on the functions and
powers of the TRA as these are
already set out in the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act
2018, which outlines the framework under which
the TRA will investigate
trade remedies cases and make recommendations to the
Secretary of State.
