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Peter Ungphakorn
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Today’s 🇨🇭 federal-level referendums (1). Looks like the government and most parties are going to win this one. A loss for the gun lobby and the far right Swiss People's Party (UDC/SVP/PPS)
Update based on latest count and projections: swissinfo.ch/eng/vote-may-1…
Today’s 🇨🇭 federal-level referendums (2). The government and most parties are winning this one too. Some difficult decisions on creating a level playing field in corporate tax while financing pensions. A loss for the far left

Update based on latest count and projections: swissinfo.ch/eng/vote-may-1…
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Peter Ungphakorn
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Interesting conversation here. It splits into strands as people reply to different tweets.

Raises a number of questions.

1. Is it enough to challenge "no deal" on the grounds it can be seriously damaging to the economy or some parts of the economy? (Response: "project fear")
2. Do people really see "no deal" as an end-state relationship with the EU? (Sometimes "yes" because some people think that's just trading on WTO terms, which they think is good. Sometimes "no" because they think this will force the EU to cave in to whatever the UK demands)
3. Can we blame journalists and politicians for failing to respond to every false detail? Eg, is it journalists' fault that they don't know what GATT Art24 says or the difference between an interim & final free trade agreement? (In general "no". But when it becomes a big issue…)
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Peter Ungphakorn
@CoppetainPU
Perhaps it’s time for programmes like @bbcr4today (and @bbcpm) to do a short item on GATT Art.24 (and GATS Art.5, too).

It keeps being wrongly cited as here👇🏾, or by Richard Tice/Nigel Farage/the Brexit Party, or in the “Malthouse compromise”



1/7
This would get rid—once and for all—of the idea that GATT Art24 is a solution to “no deal”. No! It requires a deal.

It would also stop the senseless practice of citing a technicality no one will check in order to *appear* scholarly & authoritative.

2/7
tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2019/04/06/war… Screenshot of slide on GATT Art24 often cited incorrectly, and comment
This 👇🏾 is totally wrong.

GATT Art 24 means there’s a deal.

A deal the EU and UK both agree on.

There already is one (sort of). It’s called the Withdrawal Agreement.

3/7
tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2019/04/06/war… Screenshot of slide captioned
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Peter Ungphakorn
@CoppetainPU
I don't recall American farmers being "forgotten".

Let me check.

1/6 Screenshots of Trump's tweets about US farmers being forgotten
Here's the American Farm Bureau Federation, "the voice of agricultural producers at all levels"

2018 Farm Bill. $428bn for 5 years, $867bn for 10.

2/6
fb.org/market-intel/r… Screen shot of Figure 1. 2018 Farm Bill Spending, 5- and 10-year baseline
And here's the US government (US Dept of Agriculture). Same numbers.

3/6
ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-ec… Screenshot of graphic:
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