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@SamuelMarcLowe
Aug 13, 2019 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
A good example of a deal that would affect trade but not a free trade agreement that could be packaged as a 'sectoral trade deal'.
I think people are being to literal about all of this. Trump can package nearly anything as a 'deal' if he wants to. While an actual free trade agreement, especially one that excludes agriculture, is very unlikely, there are other things the US and UK might do.
And ultimately, Bolton just wants to use a potential trade deal as a carrot to tempt UK into backing US on Iran, Huawei, China etc.

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Jun 16, 2022
I was specifically going out of my way to ignore everything to do with this, but oh no I can’t have nice things.
Do you all want some background on this? Like. Do you really?
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May 31, 2022
For those who missed it, I am reliably informed that this is a pretty accurate representation of what UK wants for the NI protocol.
As to whether an agreement is possible. I think there are viable solutions for many of the problems faced by businesses.

But how to frame it. Could the UK accept an agreement that gives it much of what it wants but sees no rewriting of the protocol?
Could the EU accept an agreement that sees small parts of the protocol rewritten but otherwise based on its own proposals?
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I am now in a minicab and life is good again.
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Aha — excellent!

UK removing all tariffs on imports from Ukraine — hopefully other countries do the same.
For the people tweeting at me without checking, yes the EU and UK do already have a trade agreement with Ukraine, but it’s not fully duty and quota free.
To expand this further, for the list of items that still have tariffs applied, or are subject to a tariff-rate quota, despite the existing FTA (true for the EU association agreement too), please proceed to page 275 to 344.

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I currently find myself knowing far more about the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's guidance on outsourcing involving cloud computers than I ever expected, or wanted, to know.
"Oh we don't require the onshoring of financial data."

Sure you don't, Australia. Sure you don't.
"You could store that financial data on a foreign cloud. We're not stopping you. It's just ... your life would be so much easier, less expensive, enjoyable, if you didn't. Y'know? But totally your choice. Honest."
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The UK-New Zealand FTA text has landed:

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And here is a side letter cementing the UK's recognition of Ngāti Toa Rangatira’s guardianship of the Haka Ka Mate

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I know there’s more important things going on, but this is displacement activity for me.

This is, I believe, the first time New Zealand has made commitments covering contractual services suppliers in an FTA.

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