Theresa May sells fighter jets to Turkey despite human rights concerns

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Downing Street insisted there was no contradiction between having concerns about a country?s human rights record and signing trade deals. The human rights situation in Turkey had ?deteriorated markedly? during the state of emergency imposed after last July?s botched coup, said Amnesty. Britain currently trades with Turkey through Ankara?s trade deal with the EU, which will no longer be valid when Britain leaves. The Turkish defence deal will see BAE Systems collaborate with Turkish companies to build a bespoke fighter jet, the TF-X. May and Erdo?an also agreed to form a joint working group to begin talking about a bilateral trade deal that could be signed after Brexit.