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Five years ago it felt that EU trade policy was in deep trouble with serious opposition to TTIP threatening other agreements like CETA. @MalmstromEU as Commissioner did a fabulous recovery job, implementing Canada, Japan, Singapore through modernising the EU's approach to trade
@MalmstromEU And with more than one eye on the UKs trade policy journey it feels like we should be learning the lessons of leadership - it starts with turning up, then opening up and engaging with critics and friends alike, rather than trying to close down debate.
@MalmstromEU I'm reminded also of the EU getting to a Mercosur deal after 20-odd years. But getting that one finalised now falls on @PhilHoganEU and will be tough. As of course will be EU-UK talks - we can but hope both sides are ready and willing
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Alex is right.

Though of course the whole point of a UK-US trade deal to certain Brexiteer ultras is to cement divergence from the EU in areas like food standards (and there's big money behind this from the US)
Though I'd take issue with the statement "The US may offer the biggest prizes" - I don't think a trade deal with the US offers that much to the UK economically because we already have such a strong trading relationship, and the US doesn't offer much extra in trade deals
Apologies for repost - error in my original tweet "divergence from the US" should have been "divergence from the EU"
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Conservative trade policy appears to be don't give any other country their major asks (e.g. food standards or NHS access for the US, access for fishing or regulatory alignment for the EU), don't spell out UK asks, but still have deals in place by 2022.

Anyone spot any problems?
Why Brexit dominated domestic politics for 3 years - Government reliance on a divided Conservative Party for votes, refusal to reach out across parties.

Easy to see this happening again if interests like farming or fishing lobby local MPs effectively.
Perhaps a Conservative majority and formal Brexit means former remainers in all parties support UK government trade deals. But equal chance that both leavers and remainers splinter and making decisions on future relationship becomes no easier than it has been.
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Just to be clear - it is not scaremongering to suggest the NHS could be impacted in different ways by a trade deal with the US. It is a fact, given that the US have included access to the NHS in their published negotiating objectives
The question is whether any UK government would accept a provision in a US trade deal that adversely affected the NHS. The Conservative Party are saying they would not. But in 2018 the PM said no allow customs checks between GB and Northern Ireland
Election promises to protect the NHS are no substitute for the proper transparent procedures which governments should follow in trade talks, starting with a strategy (not yet), then a mandate for each deal (no), then regular public reports and Parliamentary scrutiny (no again...)
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