Crawford
Falconer……could this be the most important man (economically speaking at least)
to be ‘positioned’ in our lifetime?
He
will be the man in charge of negotiating the UK's trade deals once Brexit is
finalised and starts his new post as Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser at the
Department for International Trade this week.
Interestingly,
he is from New Zealand. More significantly though, he is a former ambassador to
the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and has a wealth of experience in such trade
negotiations. Certainly a lot more than the UK……for the past 40 years trade
deals have been managed by Brussels.
Mr
Falconer will be responsible for developing and negotiating free trade deals
with countries outside the EU, striking deals with a range of countries
covering specific sectors and products and supporting the UK as a member of the
WTO.
At
the last count, he has in excess of 100 non-EU trade deals to thrash out in
less than 2 years……roughly one trade deal a week seems like a tough ‘inbox’ to
be starting a new job with!
We
can only wish him well……we need him to do well.
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