Free-Trade Agreements with human rights concern countries

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Dear Department for International Trade,

This list of 2021 shows human rights priorities countries: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

Can I please ask, of the 31 Human Rights Priority Countries (Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe), how many are we in negotiation with a Free Trade Agreement with, how many have we signed an FTA with and how many are we not engaging with to secure an FTA?

Can you please give the names of each country, as appropriate?

Yours faithfully,

Iain Overton

Information Rights Unit, Department for International Trade

DIT ref: FOI2022/03874

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