Human Rights: Trade Agreements

Part of International Trade – in the House of Commons at on 8 October 2020.

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Photo of Kate Osborne Kate Osborne Labour, Jarrow

The Government have listed 20 countries and one trading bloc where negotiations are ongoing about rolling over existing EU trade deals beyond 31 December. Are human rights part of those discussions? Will the Minister guarantee the inclusion of human rights clauses in any eventual deals reached with those countries?