by David Campbell Bannerman | Jun 17, 2020 | Insight
Today in a rain of activity worthy of a June downpour, Liz Truss and the Department for International Trade have launched negotiations on two very significant free trade agreements with our great and natural friends Australia and New Zealand. The International Trade...
by David Campbell Bannerman | May 22, 2020 | Insight
It may seem odd or unduly techy to get excited about long tables of numbers, codes, rates and justifications for change between the EU’s Common External Tariff (CET) and the Government’s newly announced post-Brexit UK Global Tariff (UKGT) regime, to apply from 1st...
by David Campbell Bannerman | May 9, 2020 | Insight
When asked ‘what was Brussels like?’ my immediate response is: it was not just Brussels physically, of course, this is a catch all term. What we call ‘Brussels’ embraces the ‘true’ European Parliament – the main plenary chamber in the wonderful city of Strasbourg...
by David Campbell Bannerman | Apr 8, 2020 | Insight
With the shocking news that Boris Johnson has had to go into intensive care, and our thoughts and prayers are very much with him and his loved ones, it would be tempting to stop considering tricky policy choices. But this is the last thing Boris would want or expect....
