{"value":{"id":1399343,"askingMemberId":4606,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-01-04T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-01-06T00:00:00","uin":"97015","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what specific measures she has secured in the trade agreement with Australia to protect British agricultural interests from unfair trading practices.","answeringBodyId":202,"answeringBodyName":"Department for International Trade","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4017,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-01-11T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) includes various instruments to protect British agricultural interests. Quotas on products such as beef set a maximum level for tariff-free imports for up to 10 years. Product specific safeguards for beef and lamb allow the UK to impose higher tariffs when imports exceed a certain threshold in years 10 to 15. On lamb, quota and safeguard volumes can be periodically reduced by 25% when fill rates are high. Additionally, a general bilateral safeguard mechanism allows for the temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences which will protect industry.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Agriculture: Australia","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1399343","method":"GET"}]}