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Martin Cooper
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1/ @Vhoneymanleeds, @anandMenon1 & @jillongovt pick over yesterday's parli votes. 'I think what we are seeing is the beginning of a narrative by some in the HoC who will say the EU27 are being intransigent, b\c they are not allowing the UK to do what it wants.' @Vhoneymanleeds.
2/ @jillongovt explains in clear & simple terms the Irish Backstop.
3/ 'If you want to consider why the EU, US and China don't have FTAs with each other, it's because they are the only 3 powers that can stand up to each other when it comes to trade.' @anandMenon1
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1/ A set of explainers, taken from #5live's Breakfast Show (28/01/19), with @MielkenArne (Institute of Export & International Trade). First up what is the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and what does it do? @rachelburden
2/ 'Countries set up FTAs amongst themselves, or bilateral trade agreements, to make it (trade) a little bit better, to integrate more, to have more trade and have less rules and red tape, and therefore we have a spaghetti ball of multiple FTAs.' @MielkenArne #5livebreakfast
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Martin Cooper
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1/ A few of clips from this week's DExEU SC. An incredibly impressive panel & I would recommend anyone interested in the politics, economics and legal aspects of Brexit to watch the whole session. @SamuelMarcLowe @CSBarnard24 @KirstyS_Hughes & @HenryNewman. So to the clips...
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Martin Cooper
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1/ A few clips from last week's DExEU SC am session. @SeemaMalhotra1 asks Sir Amyas Morse (Comptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office) if there will be enough time to draft and pass the 800 Statutory Instruments (SIs) needed before March 2019.
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