UK must not do trade deals with rights abusers, foreign minister says

kenya-uk economic partnership agreement, kenya-uk trade deal, kenya-uk relations, uk flag, uk parliament


The Standard | by Reuters


Britain should not engage in free trade with countries that abuse human rights, but proposals that the country’s courts should decide whether genocide has been committed by trade partners is flawed, foreign minister Dominic Raab said.

Last week, Raab said Britain would introduce new rules for its companies to try to prevent goods linked to China’s Xinjiang region entering their supply chains.

Some British lawmakers want to go further and are due to consider proposals passed in the upper house of parliament that…

Read more…


LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here