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WTO chief ‘won’t keep quiet’ to appease Trump Great scoop from Caroline Hug politico.eu/article/donald…

Britain’s got an EU deal — but the Brexit red tape keeps coming Latest from me on the ‘Not for EU’ labelling saga politico.eu/article/britai…

From July 1, a whole raft of new food products sold in Northern Ireland will have to carry “Not for EU” labels — the latest iteration of Brexit paperwork despite PM Keir Starmer's promises slash red tape. politico.eu/article/britai…

Keir Starmer hailed a “landmark deal” with the EU back in May which he promised would slash red tape. One month on, however, and Starmer’s promises still seem like a distant dream in Northern Ireland, as businesses brace for yet more Brexit paperwork. 🔗 ow.ly/zOKB50Wch7Q

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Scoop: Beijing’s answer to the World Bank plans to set up its first European office in London this year as the Trump administration takes a tough stance on China. w/ Caroline Hug politico.eu/article/china-…

Scoop: Labour offers top-billing access to ministers at party conference “lunch slot” for £55,000 politico.eu/article/labour…

Britain breaks ranks with Trump in bid to revive WTO politico.eu/article/uk-bri…

Join the club: UK seeks to band up with like-minded nations amid Trump’s trade war politico.eu/article/starme…

‘Goodbye Trump, hello Asia’ is the EU’s new trade strategy. Will it work? Important story from Jakob Weizman Graham Lanktree and Douglas Busvine politico.eu/article/goodby…

Lots of this is either a continuation of the status quo, still to be implemented or still to have real-world impact. And some of it is misleading — EG "trade deal" with the US means MAGA tariffs hitting UK a bit less hard than others

ICYMI 📰 | NFU President Tom Bradshaw's call for farming to be taken off the table in any future trade negotiations with the USA has been highlighted in POLITICOEurope's London Playbook PM newsletter. Read here 👉 ow.ly/5sGI50Wm8hm This also featured in the POLITICO Pro

Scoop: Post Office scandal-hit Fujitsu vies for lucrative Brexit border contract Japanese tech firm — heavily criticized over Horizon scandal — teams up with long-time Liz Truss ally to bid for Northern Ireland trade platform. Via Sophie Inge and me politico.eu/article/post-o…

The firm at the center of one of the biggest UK scandals in recent memory, Japanese tech company Fujitsu, is bidding to keep running Britain’s border with Northern Ireland, five people with knowledge of the process confirmed to POLITICO. 🔗 ow.ly/g5Zq50WmgRq

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Must-read from Caroline Hug

Britain’s trade chief to press White House on Trump tariffs in Washington trip politico.eu/article/britai…

EXCL: Council tax cuts are “not going to happen” in Reform UK-run authorities because the pressures on social care are too great, DOGE chief Zia Yusuf has told POLITICO He went further than Nigel Farage, who has said it wouldn’t be a priority politico.eu/article/nigel-…