Media and public appearances

Recent press quotes

The all-American cheat sheet to Europe’s trade weak spots, The Financial Times, 20/05/2024

The parcel war is about to begin, The Financial Times, 29/04/2024

A ghost of Brexit past returns to haunt Labour, The Financial Times, 11/04/2024

Post-Brexit watchdog ‘ready’ to investigate flood of cheaper Chinese electric cars, The Guardian, 13/02/2024

EU Brexit border checks kick in this week — but are we ready?, The Times, 28/01/2024

Money Talk: Will Chineese Cars Rule the World?, The Economist, 15/01/2024

Joe Biden’s failures on trade benefit China, The Economist, 15/11/2023

CAN BRITAIN REALLY BE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE POWERHOUSE?, Politico, 30/06/2022

UK EXTENDS CHINA STEEL TARIFFS FOR ANOTHER 2 YEARS, City AM, 29/06/2022

STEEL YOURSELF: UK TRADE POLICY IS SUFFERING POST-BREXIT DRIFT, The Financial Times, 28/06/2022

BORIS JOHNSON PREPARES TO EXTEND TARIFFS TO PROTECT UK STEEL INDUSTRY, The Financial Times, 27/06/2022

UK TO CUT RED-TAPE AROUND POST-BREXIT QUALITY ASSURANCE MARK, The Financial Times, 20/06/2022

UK OUTSOURCES POST-BREXIT BORDER CHECKS TO EU, Politico, 24/05/2022

WHAT IS THE BATTLE ON THE NORTHERN IRELAND PROTOCOL ALL ABOUT?, ITV, 12/05/2022

HOW A TRADE WAR WITH EUROPE WILL SPARK A FRESH COST OF LIVING CRISIS, The Telegraph, 11/05/2022

CABINET SPLIT ON PLAN TO CUT UK FOOD TARIFFS AS GROCERY BILLS RISE 5.9%, The Financial Times, 26/04/2022

WHISKEY ON THE TABLE AS BORIS JOHNSON HEADS TO DELHI, The Financial Times, 18/04/2022

INDIA JUST SIGNED A TRADE DEAL - REALLY, The Financial Times, 11/04/2022

A POST-BREXIT RECKONING FOR SERVICES, The Financial Times, 07/04/2022

BIG INTERVIEW: DOES THE METAVERSE NEED A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, CoinDesk, 01/04/2022

BRITAIN AND US AGREE ON STEEL TARIFFS AS HOPES OF BROADER TRADE DEAL RECEDE, The Guardian, 23/03/2022

BRITAIN’S POST-BREXT TRADE POLICY IS SLOWLY MATURING, The Economist, 26/02/2022

UK SET TO REJECT CANADA’S HORMONE BEEF DEMANDS IN EARLY TRADE TALKS SETBACK, The Telegraph, 20/02/2022

BORIS JOHNSON SEEKS TO FORGE CLOSER ECONOMIC TIES WITH CHINA, The Financial Times, 11/02/2022

CANADA TO URGE BRITAIN TO LIFT HORMONE-TREATED BEEF BAN, The Telegraph, 11/02/2022

HOW CAN JACOB REES-MOGG FIND BREXIT OPPORTUNITIES? THEY DON’T EXIST, The Guardian, 11/02/2022

EU-CHINA TRADE DISPUTE TO HIT Northern Ireland CONSTRUCTION COSTS, BBC, 26/01/2022

NEW BREXIT BORDER CHECKS CAUSING QUEUES AT DOVER AND DELAYS WILL GET WORSE, SAYS UNION, ITV, 26/01/2022

GAP GETTING ‘LARGER’ BETWEEN UK AND EU OVER NORTHERN IRELAND PROTOCOL, Business Insider, 24/01/2022

FIVE WAYS TO REDUCE EU-UK FRICTION, The Financial Times, 20/01/2022

THIS GOVERNMENT WON THE BREXIT WAR, BUT IS IN DANGER OF LOSING THE PEACE, The Times, 08/01/2022

POST-BREXIT CUSTOMS CHAOS FAILS TO MATERIALISE, The Telegraph, 05/01/2022

BREXIT ONE YEAR ON: HOW HAS BRITAIN FARED OUTSIDE OF THE EU?, The Times, 24/12/2021

UK TO TRIAL ‘SMART’ CUSTOMS BORDER TO REDUCE POST-BREXIT TRADE FRICTIONS, The Financial Times, 06/12/2021

WTO COUNTRIES INK DEAL TO CUT RED TAPE FOR SERVICES FIRMS, City AM, 02/12/2021

ZOOM OPENED THE DOOR FOR A REVOLUTION IN THE SALE OF BRITISH SERVICES OVERSEAS, The Times, 23/11/2021

THREAT OF NO-DEAL BREXIT LOOMS OVER NORTHERN IRELAND BORDER DISPUTE, The Telegraph, 17/11/2021

UK TO TRY AND CLOSE TRADE DEALS WITH INDIVIDUAL US STATES AFTER WHITE HOUSE TALKS STALL, City AM, 11/11/2021

UK REFUSES TO JOIN TRADE PACT TO END FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES, ELIMINATE TARIFFS ON GREEN GOODS, Politico, 11/11/2021

WHY BRITAIN IS SUCH A NOISY NEIGHBOUR, The Economist, 06/11/2021

BREXIT: WHAT IS ARTICLE 16 OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND PROTOCOL?, BBC News, 05/11/2021

FISHING ROW: WHAT HAPPENS IF UK TAKES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST FRANCE OVER POST-BREXIT DISPUTE?, Sky News, 02/11/2021

UK EXPORTERS FALLING FOUL OF POST-BREXIT TRADE RULES, The Financial Times, 25/10/2021

THE ‘SHIPPING PINCH’ THAT COULD STEAL CHRISTMAS, The Telegraph, 22/10/2021

NEW ZEALAND TRADE DEAL 'ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN' OF UK MUSSELS INDUSTRY, The Telegraph, 22/10/2021

UK REACHES AGREEMENT ON NEW ZEALAND TRADE DEAL, The Financial Times, 20/10/2021

NEW ZEALAND AGREES POST-BREXIT FREE TRADE DEAL WITH UK TO CUT EXPORT TARIFFS, The i, 20/10/2021

PANDORA'S BOX, The Financial Times, 15/10/2021

UK TRADE DEALS SHOULD PRIORITISE ECONOMIC GROWTH OVER ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS – LEAKED GOVT DOCUMENT, Sky News, 14/10/2021

BREXIT:’FROSTY THE NO MAN’ TO TURN HEAT UP ON EU IN LISBON, City AM, 12/10/2021

BORIS JOHNSON’S REIGN IS BECOMING ONE LONG CRISIS, CNN, 02/10/2021

EUROPE SEES FUEL CRISIS AS RESULT OF BREXIT AND HAS NO PLANS TO ‘HELP THE UK OUT OF THE S**T THEY CREATED’, The i, 27/09/2021

THE CAUSE OF OUR FOOD AND PETROL SHORTAGES IS BREXIT – YET NO ONE DARES NAME IT, The Guardian, 24/09/2021

BORIS JOHNSON CUTS A COLORFUL SWATH IN THE U.S., BUT TO WHAT END?, The New York Times, 24/09/2021

WHY BRITAIN FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE IN STRIKING US TRADE DEAL, The Telegraph, 22/09/2021

LOTS OF OPTIONS FOR A US TRADE DEAL – BUT WILL IT EVER HAPPEN, The Times, 22/09/2021

UK PINS HOPE ON JOINING US, MEXICO AND CANADA TRADE PACT, The Financial Times, 22/09/2021

EU PARTLY TO BLAME FOR UK’S HARDLINE TACTICS, SAYS FORMER MAY AIDE, The Guardian, 20/09/2021

UK PLEDGES TO RESTORE POUNDS AND OUNCES AS BREXIT BENEFIT, The Financial Times, 16/09/2021

THE HARD REALITY OF BREXIT IS HITTING BRITAIN. IT’S COSTING EVERYONE BUT BORIS JOHNSON, CNN, 13/09/2021

UK TO DELAY IMMINENT NEW BREXIT BORDER CHECKS ON FOOD AMID SHORTAGES, The Independent, 09/09/2021

BORIS JOHNSON ENGULFED IN PRE-COP26 SUMMIT ROW AFTER CLIMATE GOALS DROPPED FOR AUSTRALIA TRADE DEAL, The Independent, 09/09/2021

CLIMATE CHANGE PLEDGES WATERED DOWN AS UK MINISTERS CHASED AUSTRALIAN TRADE DEAL, The Telegraph, 08/09/2021

MINISTERS BOWED TO PRESSURE TO DROP KEY CLIMATE COMMITMENTS FOR UK TRADE DEAL WITH AUSTRALIA, Sky News, 08/09/2021

REGIONS SCRAP FOR A SHARE OF THE FREEPORT FUNDING POT, The Sunday Times, 05/09/2021

BREXIT: WHAT NEXT FOR THE NORTHERN IRELAND PROTOCOL?, BBC News, 31/08/2021

UK-NEW ZEALAND TRADE DEAL CLOSE BUT WILL ONLY HAVE A ‘MINUSCULE’ IMPACT IN BRITISH SHOPS, EXPERTS SAY, The i, 31/08/2021

BONKERS FIGHT OVER PRODUCT STANDARDS SHOWS OLD BREXIT BATTLES PERSIST, The Financial Times, 25/08/2021

UK MANUFACTURERS WIN BIG CONCESSION ON POST-BREXIT QUALITY MARK, The Financial Times, 24/08/2021

UK’S SHADOW CHANCELLOR PROMISES LABOUR WILL REPAIR TRADE TIES WITH EU, The Financial Times, 26/07/2021,

WHY WOULD ANYONE TRUST BREXIT BRITAIN AGAIN?, CNN, 24/07/2021

UK FORCED TO REOPEN SENSITIVE UKRAINE TRADE PACT AFTER ERRORS IN TEXT, The Independent, 18/07/2021

AUSTRALIAN TRADE DEAL FEARS JUSTIFIED, SAYS EX-NEGOTIATOR, BBC News, 16/07/2021

EUROPE’S MANUFACTURERS FEAR LANDMARK CARBON IMPORT TAX MAY DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD, Fortune Magazine, 13/07/2021

WHY NEW POST-BREXIT ‘UKCA’ STANDARD IS PROVING SUCH A HEADACHE FOR INDUSTRY, The Financial Times, 08/07/2021

UK MOVE TO PROTECT STEEL INDUSTRY AT RISK OF WTO CHALLENGE, The Financial Times, 04/07/2021

UK UNVEILS EMERGENCY LEGISLATION TO PROTECT DOMESTIC STEELMAKERS, The Financial Times, 30/06/2021

ROYAL YACHT OR FISHING TRAWLER? EITHER WAY, EVEN THE ROYAL FAMILY ISN'T INTERESTED, The New York Times, 27/06/2021

WIND TURBINE CLASH ADDS TO UK-EU POST-BREXIT TENSIONS, The Guardian, 17/06/2021

AUSTRALIA TRADE DEAL WILL DELIVER MINIMAL BENEFIT TO UK ECONOMY AND POSES RISKS FOR FARMERS, SAY EXPERTS, The Independent, 16/06/2021

A NEW DAWN’: AUSTRALIA AND BRITAIN AGREE ON HISTORIC TRADE DEAL, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15/06/2021

UK-AUSTRALIA TRADE DEAL COULD COMPLICATE POST-BREXIT SOLUTION IN NORTHERN IRELAND, OFFICIALS FEAR, Politico, 15/06/2021

EU TRIES TO LOOSEN BREXIT DEADLOCK WITH COLOUR-CODED PLAN FOR SWISS-STYLE DEAL, The Guardian, 10/06/2021

TARIFFS CUT ON CHEESE, PORK AND POULTRY IN UK-NORWAY TRADE DEAL, The Financial Times, 04/06/2021

BRITAIN'S TRADE DEALS LACK TRANSPARENCY, The Economist, 28/05/2021

MACRON'S RECIPE FOR FAIR-TRADE FOOD, Politico, 28/05/2021

AUSSIE FARMERS ARE CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE OF THE NEVER-ENDING BREXIT WARS, The Telegraph, 26/05/2021

Recent media/public appearances

STEEL TARIFFS, BBC World At One, 29/06/2022

STEEL TARIFFS — The Andrew Marr Show, LBC, 16/06/2022

STEEL TARIFFS, BBC World at One, 16/06/2022

Northern Ireland PROTOCOL, BBC PM, 16/05/2022

UK-AUSTRALIA TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMITTEE, 09/02/2022

UK-AUSTRALIA TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, House of Lords INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS COMMITTEE, 13/01/2022

CHANGES AT THE BORDER, BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, 01/01/2022

TRADE IN GOODS INQUIRY, HOUSE OF LORDS EUROPEAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, 19/10/2021

SMMT GLOBAL TRADE CONFERENCE, SMMT, 12,/10/2021

CARBON BORDER ADJUSTMENT MECHANISMS AND CLIMATE-TECH INNOVATION: A HAPPY COUPLING?, ITIF, 21/09/2021

UK CONSIDERS IMPORT TAXES TO COMBAT 'CARBON LEAKAGE' BUT WANTS GLOBAL DEAL, Sky News, 21/07/2021

THE NORTHERN IRELAND PROTOCOL, BBC Radio 4 PM, 21/07/2021

ONE-OFF SESSION ON THE IMPLICATIONS FOR WALES OF THE UK/AUS FTA, Welsh Affairs Select Committee, 15/07/2021

INQUIRY INTO THE NORTHERN IRELAND PROTOCOL AND CUSTOMS AND THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS, Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee, 30/06/2021

GLOBAL BRITAIN: HOW'S THAT GOING THEN?, Trade Talks Podcast, 16/06/2021

WHY THE AUSTRALIA TRADE DEAL MATTERS, Sky News, 15/06/2021

BIDEN'S G7 VISIT, BBC Newsnight, 09/06/2021

IRISH SEA BORDER GOODS CHECKS, BBC Radio 4 PM, 08/06/2021

TRICKS OF THE TRADE, The Times Red Box Politics Podcast, 01/06/2021

BREXIT BUSINESS, BBC Radio 4 The Briefing Room, 25/02/2021

BREXIT AND THE NORTHERN IRELAND PROTOCOL, The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, 24/02/2021

BORIS’S CLIMATE CONUNDRUM, The Spectator Podcast, 20/02/2021

BREXIT PROBLEMS WITH NEW TRADING ARRANGEMENTS, BBC Radio 4 The World At One, 14/01/2021

THE UK-EU TCA, Future Relationship with the EU Committee, 06/01/2021

BREXIT MARKS RUPTURE BUT ISSUES WON'T DISAPPEAR: LOWE, Bloomberg, 30/12/2020

TIME RUNNING OUT FOR BREXIT TRADE DEAL, FT Payne’s Politics Podcast, 12/12/2020

BREXIT TALKS, BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, 07/12/2020

BREXIT TALKS - TRADE DEAL?, BBC Radio Scotland, 07/12/2020

BREXIT TALKS - EU SOURCES SAY UK AND EU HAVE MADE "SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS", Sky News, 07/12/2020

UK TRADE NEGOTIATIONS: AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN, International Trade Committee, 11/11/2020

WHAT DOES A BIDEN PRESIDENCY MEAN FOR US-UK RELATIONS?, Channel 4 News, 07/11/2020

BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS, BBC News, 15/10/2020

IMPLICATIONS OF BREXIT FOR TRADE AND WALES, Welsh Affairs Committee, 03/09/2020