Trade Agreements: Israel
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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