Thread by @MRJKilcoyne

"We're in danger of forgetting those great scottish thinkers (of the Enlightenment) - the invisible hand of Adam Smith."

@BorisJohnson goes on to remind listeners that free trade has done more to lift billions out of poverty than any other idea in human history.

"Free trade is being choked... The Mercantilists are everywhere!"

Hear bloody hear! Boris says tariffs are being waved like cudgels! Attacks non tariff barriers too! 😍

The UK will negotiate with multiple countries at once for free trade agreements, says @BorisJohnson.

The Commonwealth gets a big namecheck. Wants to turn the whole network into a free trade zone in due course.

Australia and Canada and New Zealand get a big namecheck for deals on the way. #canzuk

Boris says "Get a grip" to the gripers over a free trade deal with the USA. Wants UK companies to be able to sell Insurance to all 50 states at once. That sounds familiar!

Boris attacks state aid across the EU. UK has had only four infringement of state aid rules while in the EU, France has had 29, Germany 67.

Ivory ban gets a name check. One of the strange overhangs of the 2017 election when it became a viral issue and cost tories votes.

Boris is being v sound on standards. UK standards v high, says UK wouldn't demand EU follows its rules to have access to our internal market tariff and non tarrif free.

What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, Boris says. Free trade is about free choices.

UK will restore full sovereignty over whole bunch of things we knew before but also, Boris Johnson says, over Data Protection rules.

Big hint there.

UK objective will be to restart the WTO multilateral rounds of talks. Worthy chat, but it's a bloody difficult job.

PM commits the UK to defending the sovereignty of Gibraltar and to negotiate for them to be a part of any eventual deal with the EU.