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Trade Agreements: Israel

Asked by Ayoub KhanIndependentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 28 March 2025UIN 40930

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to exempt trade with the Occupied Palestinian Territories from the free trade agreement being negotiated with Israel.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

The government’s position is clear that Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal under international law


Goods originating from illegal Israeli settlements are not entitled to tariff and trade preferences under either the existing agreement between the UK and Israel or in our agreement with the Palestinian Authority. This will not change in an upgraded free trade agreement with Israel.

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