The latest Trade Bites podcast has 'dropped'! (as we youngsters like to say... ;-))

The complex issues surrounding trade and agriculture are unravelled by my excellent guests ProfFionaSmith (Dr), Ludivine Petetin, and Nick von Westenholz.
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Today's Twitter Poll: Do you know a farmer (or food producer) directly, either as a customer or as a friend?

The aim is to testing how personally linked people are to UK agriculture.

PS Thanks to Jan_Mccourt for suggesting this poll.

Didn't have the Chancellor resigning at the end of his statement on my budget bingo card.....

Fun fact: If Celine Dion sang only the vowels in her name, it would be in the lyrics to Old McDonalds Farm.

Looking forward to giving evidence today to the Business and Trade Committee on National Farmers' Union ambitions to grow our agri-food exports to £33bn by 2030

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So ends another fantastic #NFU24 conference, starring the PM Rishi Sunak, outgoing president minette batters, and new officeholder team Tom Bradshaw David Exwood & Beeston Hall Salers

And special thanks to Sophy Ridge for expertly chairing a great political hustings this morning

NFU elections 2024: Meet your new officeholder team

👉NFU President Tom Bradshaw
👉NFU Deputy President David Exwood
👉NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos

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#NFU24 #BackBritishFarming

ICYMI 📺| BBC News (UK) at One covered UK Prime Minister's attendance at #NFU24 , and NFU President minette batters gave her reaction to his announcements 👩‍🌾

Listen from 22:48 👉 ow.ly/zwcT50QFEAS

Standing ovation for minette batters as she delivers the opening address to National Farmers' Union #NFU24 conference for the final time

This is very sad news. An incredibly nice man, and stalwart of the UK trade policy scene. Martin will be very sorely missed.

A tribute to Martin Bell scotch-whisky.org.uk/newsroom/a-tri…

Don't take away my Breakaway...

I'm here all week

Nestlé axes classic Breakaway bar after 54 years - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Looking forward to giving evidence to the EFRA Committee later on FTAs and UK trade policy.

Now even BBC News (UK) doesn't know how to use the word 'however' correctly. It's a conjunctive adverb! It deserves its own sentence and a comma-shaped friend.

This is news? I guess its a nice diversion from all the grimness....

Put to one side everyone losing their heads because this is the IEA, this is an interesting critique of the libertarian argument for Brexit (I think a more interesting motive than the simplistic immigration/autarky based cases many others made).

Jaiswal obviously aside, on that pitch England should be pretty happy with the Indian batting card

#INDvsENG

Important report from PACAC Committee published today. The Committee calls for a complete overhaul of UK House of Commons role in ratifying treaties.

They call the current system under the CRAG Act “constitutionally inappropriate in the 21st century”.

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Delighted to see that PACAC Committee has released its new report on parliamentary scrutiny of international agreements in the 21st century this morning👇

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Test cricket alive and well this morning... (not just out in Hyderabad)

I've put together a SFI/CS Q&A covering the questions raised by the last ELM announcement - nfuonline.com/updates-and-in… National Farmers' Union NFU Environment