Graham Lanktree

Delighted to release BFPG’s 2025 Annual Public Opinion Survey. The survey highlights a watershed moment in UK foreign policy, as Britons turn their back on the ‘Special Relationship’ and pivot dramatically back to Europe. Here are 10 key findings - a 🧵(with graphs!).

Aircraft Carriers USS George Washington, HMS Prince of Wales Team Up off Australia — USNI News news.usni.org/2025/07/18/air…

Modi plans UK visit next week to sign India trade deal The trip would be the Indian PM’s first visit to the U.K. in seven years. politico.eu/article/narend…

Any attempt at forced China-U.S. "decoupling" bound to fail: commerce minister Any attempt to forcibly "decouple" China-U.S. economic and trade ties is destined to fail, China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said on Friday. The economic and trade relationship between China and…

U.S. bank Wells Fargo has suspended all travel to China after one of its employees was barred from leaving the country, extending a trend of foreign executives caught up in probes by authorities that has chilled business sentiment.

Britain’s trade chief to press White House on Trump tariffs in Washington trip politico.eu/article/britai…

🆙 23%! Chipmaking equipment supplier ASML said impact of US tariffs was “a bit less negative than we anticipated”, as AI drove strong orders for its lithography machines. Sales in the Netherlands-based company’s second quarter rose 23% to €7.7bn

🚨 A left-wing breakaway under Labour’s former leader @jeremycorbyn and @zarahsultana could slash the government’s vote share — and hurt the Greens too 🌱 w/ @ZiaYusufUK, @AdrianRamsay, @ZackPolanski, and @lukeakehurst politico.eu/article/jeremy…

Post Office scandal-hit Fujitsu vies for lucrative Brexit border contract Scoop from me and @g_lanktree politico.eu/article/post-o…

🚨SCOOP from @sophie_inge and @g_lanktree: The firm at the heart of the Post Office Horizon scandal is bidding for a £370 million government contract to keep running the border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Scoop: Post Office scandal-hit Fujitsu vies for lucrative Brexit border contract Japanese tech firm — heavily criticized over Horizon scandal — teams up with long-time Liz Truss ally to bid for Northern Ireland trade platform. Via @sophie_inge and me politico.eu/article/post-o…

ICYMI 📰 | NFU President Tom Bradshaw's call for farming to be taken off the table in any future trade negotiations with the USA has been highlighted in @POLITICOEurope's London Playbook PM newsletter. Read here 👉 ow.ly/5sGI50Wm8hm This also featured in the @POLITICOPro…

#US #Tariffs: Trump says tariff letters to 12 countries signed, going out this Monday | Reuters reuters.com/world/china/tr…

Xi is *this* close to saying "overcapacity". On the tip of his tongue! China needs to “lawfully regulate enterprises’ disorderly low-price competition, guide companies to improve product quality, promote the orderly exit of outdated production capacity” scmp.com/economy/china-…

The EU is done waiting on Washington. Brussels is courting CPTPP countries to redefine global trade — in an attempt to show that rules-based trade is still alive and kicking. My latest for @POLITICOEurope with @g_lanktree and @Busvine👇 politico.eu/article/goodby…

Tim Groser, Steve Verheul & I have made a specific proposal - referred to in Politico - for a 39 country standstill - a commitment to abide by WTO, no illegal trade preferences to USA, & resist pressure to take WTO-illegal action against China. Full article on this later today.

EU President Ursula von der Leyen wants her bloc to team up with a 12-nation Pacific trade group as Trump wreaks havoc on global trade. That could serve as a new platform for fans of rules-based trade. politico.eu/article/goodby…

“Smaller European countries are obsessed with the idea of maximum lethality for minimum cost,” said one industry source. “From that perspective, it would make sense to make use of these people who know how to make stuff that we know for sure works.” foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/26/ukr…

Britain confident of lowering Trump’s 10 percent tariffs “There’s no doubt in my mind we can get progress on reciprocal tariffs,” trade chief Jonathan Reynolds said. politico.eu/article/britai…

NEW: Labour MPs raise concerns over major Whitehall gas deal with UK subsidiary of fossil fuel giant TotalEnergies The firm has been criticised for its Russia ties incl continued gas imports to EU FOI shows No 10, FCDO, DESNZ all get gas from the firm politico.eu/article/downin…