Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership 2021-04-15
2021-04-15
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The MP inquired about the implications of UK's potential accession to CPTPP, focusing on policy assessments.
What recent assessment has she made of the implications for her policies of the UK joining the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans-Pacific partnership?
Joining the CPTPP is a massive opportunity for UK businesses, in particular those in areas such as financial services and digital, where the rules are world-leading. It will also cut tariffs for businesses in vital industries such as cars and whisky and help to drive our exports-led, jobs-led recovery from covid.
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The specific policy implications requested were not addressed.
Opportunity For Uk Businesses
Cut Tariffs
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The MP asked about the UK's negotiation rights concerning CPTPP provisions, specifically whether the UK can negotiate exemptions or amendments.
Will the UK have the right to negotiate exemptions from those provisions of the agreement to which we do not wish to accede and amendments to those provisions to which we wish to make improvements?
The CPTPP is a very high-standards agreement, and the rules will have huge benefits for the UK. The reality is that UK products such as beef and lamb have been locked out of overseas markets for unfair reasons, so it is in our interests to sign up to a high-standards, good-rules agreement.
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The negotiation rights were not directly addressed.
High-Standard Agreement
Unfair Reasons
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The MP questioned if Parliament will have ample time to scrutinize CPTPP terms before a vote, similar to other countries.
Can she guarantee that this Parliament will have as much time to scrutinise the proposed terms of accession to CPTPP before a vote on whether or not to approve them as the Australia, Canada and New Zealand Parliaments had before their respective votes?
I will be delighted to answer all those questions and more when we publish the public bundle, which will include the scoping assessment and our negotiation objectives. We will also have full parliamentary scrutiny, including by the statutory Trade and Agriculture Commission, in line with parliamentary systems across the world.
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No guarantee was given about time for scrutiny.
Public Bundle
Full Parliamentary Scrutiny
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