14th Report - Scrutiny of international agreements: UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government welcomes the Committee's recognition of CETA as a "significant achievement" and responds point by point in Annex A, mostly describing existing measures and continuing work rather than new commitments.

• On future trade agreements, it says it takes account of the cumulative impact on agriculture, but states only that it "will always carefully consider our approach to future FTAs on their own terms", without confirming that CETA sets no precedent.
• On lamb, it says it continues to work with India to resolve Export Health Certificate requirements, "a priority issue which we are actively pursuing". No date is given.
• On customs systems between HMRC and Indian authorities, it says work is underway to make them operational "before the CETA entry into force", which it considers a "top priority".
• On publishing tariff preference utilisation data, it is "willing to exchange" the data with India and publish it "at the earliest appropriate opportunity", relying on timely Indian data and an aligned analytical framework.

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