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1st July 2011

Robin Twyman

by Robin Twyman

Consul for Business and Government Affairs

1 July – It's a good day to trade

It’s almost two years since I arrived out here in DC in the summer of 2009.  The weather’s the same – hot and humid.  But trade politics have got a lot more exciting.  Many eyes are avidly watching what is happening on the Hill concerning the pending US FTAs with Korea, Colombia and Panama.  It’s […]

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22nd September 2010

Robin Twyman

by Robin Twyman

Consul for Business and Government Affairs

Scotching tariffs

Whisky is the UK’s top agriculture export – £3.2bn-worth of whisky flowed out of the UK in 2008, accounting for just under a quarter of the UK’s agriculture exports (see Agriculture in the UK 2009). And the US was the top export market, sipping £421m worth of the stuff in 2009, a whopping 13% increase […]

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