Dad, @SouthamptonFC fan, Director in UK Department for Business and Trade, trade negotiator, former UK Ambassador (to DRC, CAR, Rep. of Congo)
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Félicitations aux Léopards! Première Coupe Mondiale en 52 ans! Wish I was back in Kinshasa to celebrate. bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…
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Some personal news - I finish my current job on trade policy & negotiations today
I most enjoyed:
-Leading the programme to ‘roll over’ EU FTAs, the biggest ever set of trade talks, and entering them all into force on New Year’s Eve 2020 (it was a quiet night in that year) 1/4
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-Leading the talks which got the UK into CPTPP this year. I’ll really miss the engagement with our new Pacific partners; the midnight-to-3am zoom calls, not so much.
It’s been a pleasure to work with hundreds of really talented and committed civil servants on all of these. 3/4
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Special thanks to @AmandaBrooksDBT @JohnAlty1 and Crawford Falconer for all the support & encouragement.
I’ll now be studying international relations at the Royal College of Defence Studies until next summer. 4/4
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18 Jul 2023
Very nice to swing by (if that’s the right verb) Seoul on the way back home from New Zealand to talk about our #CPTPP accession experience, the coming upgrade of our bilateral free trade agreement and the state of the world with the Korean govt, academics and the private sector
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16 Jul 2023
Thanks a lot David!
16 Jul 2023
From one chief negotiator to another, congratulations @GrahamZebedee! All the hard work has paid off.
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16 Jul 2023
@KemiBadenoch has just signed UK accession to CPTPP here in New Zealand. We are now a member. I’ve worked on this as chief negotiator since early 2021, so it’s a great feeling! A short thread on what it means and what happens next
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As a member, we have already taken part in discussions about: the possible expansion of CPTPP, given 6 economies have already applied to join (widening); and how to ensure the agreement stays up to date, including on digital, customs and the green economy (deepening)
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We’ll now:
-send our CPTPP docs to Parliament, starting scrutiny
-work up proposals for implementing laws
-encourage CPTPP members to ratify our accession quickly
-help UK companies benefit from CPTPP
-play an active role on widening & deepening CPTPP
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Graham Zebedee retweeted
14 Jul 2023
📹 As the UK prepares to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and as part of our #OpenTradeProject, 🇬🇧#CPTPP chief negotiator @GrahamZebedee tells us about the importance of the group and what UK membership means.
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It was great to meet with fellow #CPTPP chief negotiators here in Auckland tonight, before Ministers arrive here tomorrow for meetings over the weekend. And Brunei have today become a full CPTPP party, meaning that now all 11 members have fully ratified. #justintimedelivery
8 Jul 2023
Looking forward to welcoming Trade Ministers at the 7th Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission (CPTPP) meeting in Auckland next weekend 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇨🇱 🇯🇵 🇲🇾 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇸🇬 🇻🇳👉 beehive.govt.nz/release/gove… #CPTPP2023 #TradeforAll
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19 Jun 2023
I’m massively proud of my team for having created the Developing Country Trading Scheme. It’ll benefit developing country exporters and UK consumers and improve our trade relationships with some really important countries.
19 Jun 2023
📢 I’m excited to see the UK take a major step forward in easing trade with 65 developing countries today ✅
It’s a huge win for the UK as an independent trading nation and will boost growth, create jobs, and diversify the UK’s supply chains. 🇬🇧🤝🌎
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14 May 2023
Great news Brunei has just ratified #CPTPP. That’ll take effect about 12 July, so they’ll be a ratified Party before the UK’s accession is signed (working hard to make that happen asap)
They follow Chile, Peru and Malaysia, making a full team of 11/11 original signatories
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My mum: This trans-Pacific thing in the papers - is it to do with you?
Me: yes, I’ve led that for the last 2 years. I may have mentioned it?
Her: well, now it’s done will you stop going to the other side of the world & leaving your poor wife to do all the parenting?
Me: yes Mum
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@"The UK concludes CPTPP negotiations"linkedin.com/pulse/uk-conclu… on @LinkedIn It’s been my pleasure to lead the UK team at official level to get this trade deal done. Massive thanks to everyone right across @UKCivilService who worked with us on it
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I’m looking forward to not working across 19 time zones quite as much… But the work goes on! We now have to get it formally signed, pass legislation, put it to Parliament, and get it into force, whilst helping companies take advantage of its benefits.
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