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Trade Act 2021 (2021 c. 10).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Legislation
Date
2021
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to make provision about international trade agreements; to make provision establishing the Trade Remedies Authority and conferring functions on it; to make provision about the Trade and Agriculture Commission; and to make provision about the collection and disclosure of information relating to trade.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, General
Keyword
Framework law International trade Access-to-information Data collection/reporting Institution
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

Trade Act 2021 includes several measures aimed at: providing power to ensure that the UK can implement procurement obligations that arise from the UK acceding to the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) in its own right and not as a member state of the EU; establish the Trade Remedies Authority and Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC). The TAC's purpose is to provide advice under section 42 of the Agriculture Act 2020 (reports relating to free trade agreements).

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.gov.uk