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Trade Agreements: Gulf Cooperation Council

Asked by Clive JonesLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 11 November 2024UIN 12541

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will include dispute settlement mechanisms on (a) human rights and (b) labour into any Free Trade Agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

We do not comment on the details of live negotiations.

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