Madeleine Speed

NEW: Mondelez, one of the original supporters of the EU's deforestation law, has done a volte-face and is calling for yet another delay. w/ @SpeedMaddie @SavageSusannah ft.com/content/8014af…

@ggkuhnle Apologies if you feel that I ghosted you. Just checked my emails - looks like I had to push back our call as it was a busy news day. Sorry for not following up!

Interesting reporting by @speedmaddie - but why just focus on one side of the argument? I might be biased - she ghosted me after arranging an interview - but I find it odd to portray any interaction with industry essentially as "corrupt".

Thank you @HarrietFL for the commission and great edit.

Behind your margarita is an agricultural industry strained to breaking point! For the @ftweekend today Christine Murray and I went to tequila country to get to the bottom of an historic agave oversupply and its effect on the industry and local people. on.ft.com/4gDkjxr

Another reset problem as Brussels warns UK its plan to adopt gene editing technology would stymie a veterinary deal that UK wants to boost exports. With @pmdfoster @SpeedMaddie on.ft.com/408Yobb via @financialtimes

EXC UK gov plans for a vet deal with the EU clash with plans to open UK further to gene editing....the debate over the trade-offs of EU alignment begin. Me for @ft with @AndyBounds @SpeedMaddie ft.com/content/90f7bf…

UN plastics treaty talks fail after oil producers block production limits w/@SpeedMaddie ft.com/content/737b60…

@horton_official lol

Afraid to report the CLA has gone woke

Watch out for toxic make up 👀 says @EU_ECHA Story w/ @SpeedMaddie on.ft.com/4fpX2z2

“Only those favoured by the authorities can get approval for these assets. Nobody gets them by chance.” Western companies leaving Russia can’t sell assets to sanctioned Kremlin cronies. So previously obscure types like Alexei Sagal are making a killing. on.ft.com/48a0aMM

An insightful feature in @FT by @SpeedMaddie with NFU President Tom Bradshaw (@proagriltd), highlighting some of the key food production challenges farmers across the country are facing & how the October Budget can restore farmer confidence. Read here 👉 ow.ly/z4r950TKvXK

NEW: Classic Brexit. I first wrote about 'Safey & Security Declarations', and the burden they would be on business in *March 2020*...and still unresolved in *October 2024* as govt delays them again - via @ft @SpeedMaddie & me ...and the crazy part is...1/ ft.com/content/3819a7…

Great @ft @SpeedMaddie piece on chaos of new Brexit border for UK plants industry. And how they’re going in-house to try and fix it.

Moscow has rejected a deal through which Turkish brewer Anadolu Efes was set to acquire AB InBev’s stake in a $1.3bn Russian joint venture. on.ft.com/4dDMifz w/ @SpeedMaddie

Western groups are keen to play down the impact of boycotts over Israel-Gaza. But the finances of their local operators reveal the extent of the damage. Great to work with @humza_jilani, @hebamks, @ChloeNCornish, @adamsamson, @AnanthalakshmiA and @ahmed ft.com/content/a2ee34…

“We had a full advertising blackout for five months,” said a person familiar with the US-based Coca-Cola company’s decisions in Pakistan. w/ @SpeedMaddie @adamsamson @hebamks @chloencornish @ahmed @AnanthalakshmiA on.ft.com/3A7QKoq

Boycotts of western food & drinks brands in Muslim countries are hitting multinationals and their franchise operators, exacerbating the impact of a global consumer slowdown. on.ft.com/4d8CRF3 led by @SpeedMaddie w/ contributions from across the @FT foreign corro network

Banned from Summer Olympics that were once a national obsession, Russia has prepared its response: a wave of disinformation, cyber attack threats and the staging of its own “fake Games” ft.com/content/6ab6ef…

NEW: Unilever plans to cut a third of all office jobs in Europe as part of the company’s turnaround plans. On a company wide call, one exec told staff not to waste time on “anxious thoughts”, and instead focus on serving customers on.ft.com/469dfoU

Food from outside EU enters Britain unchecked, customs agents warn — @SpeedMaddie @ft scoop on UK’s new post-Brexit border park at Sevington being an operational mess. on.ft.com/3zv4p8J