Trade Remedies Authority
Trade remedies measures protect domestic industries against injury caused by unfair trading practices, such as dumping and subsidies, and from unforeseen surges in imports. Investigations, decisions and monitoring of trade remedies measures were performed by the European Commission on behalf of all Member States when the UK was a member of the EU. The Trade Act establishes a UK body – the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) – to ensure the UK can continue to provide a safety net to domestic industries now that the UK has left
the EU.
	The Act establishes the TRA as a non‐departmental public body. It is responsible for conducting trade remedies investigations under a statutory framework provided by the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018, and for making impartial recommendations to the Secretary of State. 1
	Measures in the Act also require the TRA, upon request, to provide advice, support and assistance to the Secretary of State in connection with the Secretary of State’s trade-related functions, international trade disputes, and the TRA’s functions. This provision also allows the TRA to provide advice, support and assistance to others as it considers appropriate in relation to international trade and trade remedies.