Trade Agreements: Somalia

Department for International Trade written question – answered at on 30 November 2020.

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Photo of Alexander Stafford Alexander Stafford Conservative, Rother Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with the Government of Somalia on a trade agreement with the UK.

Photo of Alexander Stafford Alexander Stafford Conservative, Rother Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussion she has had with the Government of Somaliland on a trade agreement with the UK.

Photo of Ranil Jayawardena Ranil Jayawardena Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Trade)

Somalia will benefit from the United Kingdom’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP), which was announced on 10th November. The Least Developed Countries Framework will give duty-free quota-free access to all 47 countries classified by the UN as Least Developed Countries, which includes Somalia. Furthermore, the United Kingdom-funded Trade and Investment Advocacy Fund 2 Plus Programme (TAF2+) is in discussions with Somalia about providing advisory support towards their WTO accession.

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