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Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 March 2025

Debate

US Tariffs on EU Goods

Contribution

My Lords, given that all parts of the UK economy are so integrated with that of the European single market already, and that the tariffs from the Trump Administration are economic coercion and not based on any trade policy, I have two questions for the Minister. First, have we triggered the enhanced co-ordination mechanism within the Windsor Framework process, to ensure that any retaliatory action is co-ordinated across the European Union and the United Kingdom? Secondly, considering that this is economic coercion and illegal under WTO rules, what instructions have our Ministers given to our representative at the WTO to complain against the Trump Administration’s practice?

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