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NZ Beef/Lamb producers register “absolute opposition” to last week’s published UK/EU WTO schedules/ carve up of tariff quotas - will NZ Government go with its farmers on this and block progress on UK’s post-Brexit position at WTO? beeflambnz.com/sites/default/…
Here are the New Zealand Government’s objections - still pretty strong, says that UK will be in customs union until end 2020, so plenty of time, all this risks “potential spiral into unilateral withdrawal of commitments and potential retaliation” - ie trade war: via @CoppetainPU
the Geneva Agreement on Trade in Bananas created technical issue with U.K. post Brexit WTO efforts, has had to reassure in new draft schedule (first independent ones in 4 decades, though subject to sign off from all WTO states) which is here src.bna.com/AA1 via @bbaschuk
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Government defeat 303-296 on Cooper No Deal amendment on finance bill - inconvenient embarrassing defeat but big symbolic expression of will of Commons to prevent No Deal Brexit
This is the start of constitutional trench warfare where Parliament will try to assert its power over the executive to prevent No Deal - highly significant. As is the open expression that UK not ready for No Deal from likes of Letwin and Boles.
Twenty Tory rebels voting against Government: Including Sir Michael Fallon... Greening, Gyimah, Soames, Vaizey, Letwin, Boles,
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Sir Oliver Letwin - “we will not allow a No Deal exit at the end of March” and this amendment shows the Government... “for 5 years I was in charge of the resilience of this country...preparation for no Deal wasn’t done... we can not impose on our country a risk of severe impacts”
Letwin almost emotional there - bit between tooth on stopping No Deal will vote for Cooper amendment, said as former Cabinet Office minister responsible for resilience - essentially UK not ready for No Deal. This said as a loyalist who fought hard to get A50 Bill through for PM
Nick Boles sounding pretty furious now about Tory MPs sniping... says manifesto clearly not Moses tablet

“did not say No Deal is better than any deal..” says No Deal prep woeful.

“I will vote on any legislation proposed by anyone that we will leave EU with a deal or not at all”
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EU sources say there will be “no summit” and there are “no actual talks”, some discussions on reassurances. Another diplomatic source tells me even those will not come before the vote next week. /1
Still not entirely sure whether the Meaningful Vote debate that resumes tomorrow will be the continuation of the one curtailed last month or a new one. Former more likely. Would have to make special provision for previous speakers to speak again /2
Tory MPs who attended the Downing St drinks were expecting a bit of a rousing unity speech from PM - surprised there wasn’t one at all even “none of you will be back here” type cajoling. On the way out none I spoke to had changed mind.
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Last week @CIGIonline published my thoughts on the context, background and evolution of the current impasse in the WTO over appointments of Appellate Body (AB) members, and some ideas for moving forward. Here is a short summary thread /1

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001/ [article content in this tweet series 001-180 reproduced with permission from Martin Howe QC of Lawyers for Britain @lawyers4britain]
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