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28 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
New: a fresh Brexit spat over fish has been averted, as Jersey extends a transition period for French vessels in its waters 1/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
You’ll remember the remarkable scenes in May, when France and Britain sent naval ships to the island after French fishermen threatened a blockade 2/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Well a July 1 deadline was approaching, after which new licensing restrictions would’ve hit French boats. As locals predicted at the time, the French would be back… 3/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Today’s extension defers any imminent extra protests - as we were until October… ends/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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22 Jun
New: Joining CPTPP would boost Britain's GDP by 0.08% over 15 years compared to its 2019 level, government says in scoping assessment 1/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The government has finally published a long-awaited economic assessment of joining the CPTPP, an 11-nation pact which includes the likes of Australia, US, Japan, Canada and New Zealand 2/ assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
You'll remember the scoping assessment of the UK-Australia trade deal famously said it would boost GDP by 0.02% over the long run -- while quitting the EU is deemed due to leave Britain's economy 4% smaller 3/ obr.uk/box/impact-of-…
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21 Jun
Safeguards in the UK-Australia trade deal aren't enough to protect British farmers, the NFU warns 1/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The main controversy around the Australia trade deal is the prospect of British farmers being undercut by cheaper Australian meat produced on larger farms, which may use production methods and practices banned in the U.K., as @EmilyThornberry argued here 2/
Govt says it is protecting farmers by capping meat imports from Australia e.g. allowing only 35,000 tonnes of beef in tariff-free, with the cap gradually falling away over time. @trussliz said this cap represents 15% of all UK beef imports from the EU 3/
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15 Jun
New: The U.K. is hiring for a director of a ‘Brexit Opportunities’ unit which will sit in the Cabinet Office, as Johnson seeks upsides outside the EU 1/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The desired candidate will have “experience in economics, regulation or business’’ and will create a “cross-government strategy for regulatory change’’, the government said in a statement 2/
A separate taskforce including Iain Duncan Smith and Theresa Villiers has also published a report on post-Brexit opportunities - they urge simplifying rules and being more ‘flexible’ and ‘agile’ when regulating in future 3/
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14 Jun
Breaking: U.K. to announce Australia trade pact on Tuesday 1/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Broad terms of the agreement were finalized between Boris Johnson and Australian PM Scott Morrison at a dinner on Monday night 2/
Key question is the detail for farmers - we're expecting features like long transitions on cutting tariffs, to give British farmers chance to adjust to cheaper imports 3/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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8 Jun
If you're wondering why there's a big fight brewing over Brexit and sausages... 1/
And the situation wasn't resolved. UK businesses can't sell raw sausages to the EU since Brexit. But Northern Ireland got a 6-month grace period.. 2/ bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
Which is due to expire on June 30. (Remember, NI is treated as if in the EU's single market.) And now the UK is considering breaking the Brexit deal again by unilaterally extending the grace period, according to the Telegraph 3/ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
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6 Jun
New: Lord Frost calls for `common-sense' and an end to EU `legal purism' over the NI protocol, ahead of a crunch meeting this week... 1/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Frost has written an op-ed for the FT, which includes a surprisingly chunky section of concession about the negative impact Brexit has had on Northern Ireland 2/ ft.com/content/eb35a1…
What does the UK want? `Pragmatic solutions', 'flexibility' from the EU side. In Brussels, this is seen as the UK not wanting to be held to the letter of the international treaty they signed when they left the EU.. 3/
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