Peers prepare to back cross-party move to block trade agreements with any country deemed to be committing genocide
Ministers are facing a double defeat in the Lords over Britain’s trading links with China as peers prepare to back a cross-party move to block trade agreements with any country deemed by the UK high court to be committing genocide.
The manoeuvre comes Labour-led plans in the upper house to require a government human rights risk assessment before backing a Brexit trade deal.
Continue reading…Peers prepare to back cross-party move to block trade agreements with any country deemed to be committing genocideMinisters are facing a double defeat in the Lords over Britain’s trading links with China as peers prepare to back a cross-party move to block trade agreements with any country deemed by the UK high court to be committing genocide.The manoeuvre comes Labour-led plans in the upper house to require a government human rights risk assessment before backing a Brexit trade deal. Continue reading…