Policy paper

Trade and Sustainable Development Domestic Advisory Group (TSD DAG): meeting agendas and minutes

Meeting agendas and minutes from the TSD DAG, a group set up to discuss trade and sustainable development in UK trade agreements that are in force.

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The Trade and Sustainable Development Domestic Advisory Group (TSD DAG) was appointed in September 2022, through fair and open competition, to:

  • support the effective implementation of trade and sustainable development, labour and environment chapters in the UK’s trade agreements with non-EU partners

  • monitor and make recommendations on matters in scope of these chapters

The agreements in scope are:

  • Andean (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
  • Canada
  • Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama)
  • Georgia
  • Japan
  • Moldova
  • Singapore
  • South Korea
  • Vietnam
  • Ukraine

The TSD DAG members are:

  • British Exporters Association (BExA)
  • Fairtrade Foundation
  • National Farmers’ Union (NFU)
  • Queen’s University Belfast
  • techUK
  • TheCityUK
  • Trade and Public Policy Network (TaPP Network)
  • Trades Union Congress (TUC)
  • UK Chamber of Shipping
  • UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT)
  • University of Sheffield
  • World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Published 22 September 2022