Maria X. Chen

Despite days of CAP butter hills & mountains, the ‘crise de beurre’ - in the imagination of a country like France... the scariest shortages’ - happening now in southwest France: qz.com/1139650/france…

Global food security in an era of climate change & political instability - top of the ‘food secure’ list is Ireland: bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-…

So, a conversation has resulted in me being made aware of a hole in the EU's food safety firewall. uktradeforum.net/2017/09/20/wha…

relatedly, US, Canada, NZ, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Thailand reject Britain’s proposed arrangem’t for agricultural goods after Brexit 2/2

I was never clear how ‘just export more’ section of this 2016-20 UK gov’t food/drinks plan would function & now: politico.eu/article/us-rou… 1/2

A 1911 fruitcake from Antarctica & the process of pickling food as a mirror for the ‘arc of human life’: mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/04/t-m…

UK & Brussels have reached prelim. WTO deal on tariff-rate quotas governing import of farm products into EU: ft.com/content/e30185…

A ‘bespoke all-Ireland agri-food trade’ set-up is a possibility - but then checks v. likely done by EU regulators: rte.ie/news/brexit/20…

'Perfectly normal to be a Dubliner, Irish, and European at same time': Verhofstadt on multiple identities & border theguardian.com/politics/2017/…

Josep Borrell on Catalonian independence @Canning_House: 'I feel happy sharing multiple identities, [Catalan and Spanish]'.

Josep Borrell @Canning_House: 'Catalonian independence via referendum would be unconstitutional and would not receive int'l recognition'.

Josep Borrell on Catalonia @Canning_House @senate_house: '...from a current EU member state will have to apply for EU membership.' 2/2

Josep Borrell on Catalonia @Canning_House: 'Barroso & Junker have been clear, have repeatedly stated that region that secedes...' 1/2

If you went to WSTA's conference unconcerned over impact of Brexit on your business, you'd have come out punch drunk the-buyer.net/insight/eu-exp…

Josep Borrell speaking on Catalonian independence @Canning_House: 'We may be seeing the disintegration process inside EU member states'.

Josep Borrell, former President of European Parliament, speaking on Catalonian independence tonight @Senate_House @Canning_House

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Thank you @wstauk @WSTA_Miles for organising today's informative and enjoyable conference #wstaAC

Sir S. Fraser: 'EU is common regulatory space. WTO doesn't give the security of uniformity, sophistication of EU reg. space' #wstaAC #brexit

González Durántez: 'Brexit will come up against Merkel-Macron focus on -for them - more important North/South Eurozone rebalancing.' #wstaAC