And so the fog clears.
For those unfamiliar with #CPTPP, it's essentially #TPP (which @realDonaldTrump pulled out of in 2016) with all of the bits the US alone had demanded removed:
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/tra…
Though how the UK expects to satisfy the 11 existing members...
For those unfamiliar with #CPTPP, it's essentially #TPP (which @realDonaldTrump pulled out of in 2016) with all of the bits the US alone had demanded removed:
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/tra…
Though how the UK expects to satisfy the 11 existing members...
https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/1303642066270982145
...that it will respect the rules of any international agreement at this point is beyond me.
If the Government won't honour an Agreement it negotiated with its closest neighbours, why on Earth would a bunch of sovereign nations on the other side of the world choose to trust it?
If the Government won't honour an Agreement it negotiated with its closest neighbours, why on Earth would a bunch of sovereign nations on the other side of the world choose to trust it?
N.B. This isn't just about what some Minister said in the Commons yesterday; check the extraordinary - some might say #extrajudicial - wording of the UK #InternalMarketBill today:
https://twitter.com/Raphael_Hogarth/status/1303682508266012672?s=19
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