I wrote an accidentally very timely voters guide to trade policy...
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1914...
@vangelisv
NZDepSec, trade. Led conclusion of negs for AANZFTA, MNZFTA, CPTPP, EUNZFTA oh and Chair APEC21 & CPTPP23 any acronyms I missed? Was WTO ag chair incl for Nairobi where we last did something on ag. All things trade, football & fishing - personal views
I wrote an accidentally very timely voters guide to trade policy...
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1914...
A must read. We make copies available for new staff in our Trade Groupβ¦(thatβs a recommendation, he says hastily.)
Ok ok! You winβ¦
In order to get @vangelisv.bsky.social on here more, the first step is obviously to get Wellington Phoenix FC more here too.
3οΈβ£ The concept has roots going back to Thucydides and Aristotle, but it was put into a more modern framework by the economist Alfred E. Kahn in an article he published in 1966.
doi.org/10.1111/j.14...
βOn a weekend visit to stay with Tennyson (βthe most openly vain man I have ever metβ), she finds his whole house βso charged with an atmosphere of hero-worship that free breathing was difficultβ.
Great review - thank you
I am just going to laugh coldly and ignoreβ¦
Have yourself a nice flat white and a pavlova.
Flat whites are my go-to when I need to wind up an Aussie at short notice.
Tsk tsk. We work all day and all night hereβ¦
According to the traditional
(NZ) recipeβ¦
Right. Here we goβ¦.Well, let me start with the traditional kiwi reaponse: Who cares?
Thatβs a genuinely entertaining coincidenceβ¦as I was writing it (last night) I did actually think βwell at least Vangelis will be happyβ.
β¦You definitely made my day & I trust that of many other fellow southern hemispherites!
Genuinely. I had to laugh when I read it just now..feeling quite gratified actually!
@alanbeattie.bsky.social just getting in ahead of your regular βhope you all had a good summer breakβ
opening line for your column about now to remind that some of us (in a pretty large part of the world he says putting on his best snark)are still in bloody mid-winterβ¦
'The United Kingdom has secured a two-year extension to time-limited rules of origin which allow βcumulationβ for EU-origin goods in its exports to South Korea" writes Chris Horsemanβ¬
#UKTrade #UKSouthKorea borderlex.net/2023/10/16/l...
Thanks - brand new to Bsky- looking forward to it.