Lorand Bartels
@lorandbartels.bsky.social
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Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge
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Don’t make me nostalgic
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Exactly as @hhesterm.bsky.social said ⤵️
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If you are interested in treaty scrutiny, here's the link to today's evidence session at the House of Lords IAC with the great @lorandbartels.bsky.social and Emily Jones. parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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International Agreements Committee
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Neither NI nor Turkey are in the ‘EU customs union’.
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I think it would be an interesting exercise to attempt to quantify the value of maximising what can be done without renegotiating the TCA.
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There are some barriers that are hard to justify. Like non recognition of conformity assessment.
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Sir Ian Brownlie’s answer to this was reportedly ‘it must - look at my bank account’.
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I’m very pleased to report that the UK Trade and Agriculture Commission’s Advice on CPTPP is now published. This advice was commissioned by the UK Secretary of State for International Trade, and is now laid before Parliament.
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