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14th June 2013 Cape Town, South Africa

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by Simon Atkinson

Deputy Head of Mission, Cape Town

G8 2013: taxes, transparency and trade. What could be more exciting?

The G8 There are just a few days left before world leaders convene in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, on 17-18 June for the G8 Summit. It makes me recall my first job in the Foreign Office – G8 Desk Officer for our 2005 Presidency. Talk about the deep end – just eight months after starting, […]

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29th March 2011

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by Robin Twyman

Consul for Business and Government Affairs

Competitiveness, not complacency

On Tuesday 15 March, Professor Dan Hamilton of Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Transatlantic Relations in DC hosted a panel discussion to launch "Europe 2020 – Competitive or Complacent". Professor Hamilton warned that 2020 was the closing window for Europe within which it needed to position itself into a competitive place in an increasingly inter-connected […]

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