Alastair Macfarlane

Fisheries and trade focused. Opinions are personal. RTs do not imply endorsement

[Alastair Macfarlane @MacfarlaneAG]

@carlworker Standard procedure for NZ officials visiting China (and several other countries)

[Alastair Macfarlane @MacfarlaneAG]

@henrycooke It should make the election night count go quicker and more accurately as there will be fewer special votes to count. The final count will always take more than 2 weeks as it has to allow for the receipt, verification and formal count of all votes including from overseas.

[Alastair Macfarlane @MacfarlaneAG]

@anyonewantchips Successful entrapment into marriage of a billionaire, serial philanderer and wanna-be president of the USA. Clearly she’s has significant talent to avoid being anything more than another one night stand.

[Alastair Macfarlane @MacfarlaneAG]

@charles_finny Great initial discussion. This will be a rules of origin nightmare to work out what is US domestic and what is “foreign”.

[Alastair Macfarlane @MacfarlaneAG]

@JohnBallingall Are you able to quantify the impact of US quantitative restrictions on certain import categories - e.g. dairy products? It would be interesting to see how that might further tip the reciprocal balance in NZ's favour.

[Alastair Macfarlane @MacfarlaneAG]

@carlworker A re-run of China’s strategy during first Trump administration.

[WTO @wto]

An encouraging start to Fish Month: WTO members' support for negotiating on the basis of the new draft text is expected to inject strong momentum towards MC13, says #FisheriesSubsidies Chair @Einar_Gunn in this video message. More: https://t.co/c47xIpK095 #RoadtoMC13 #WTOMC1

[Alastair Macfarlane @MacfarlaneAG]

@KyleDChurch @ScoopWellington Hardly surprising. People are now receiving their easy voting cards and going to vote. They hadn’t arrived at the start of the week.

[WTO @wto]

🌳 How can we make trade green by 2050? We want to hear from you!

Listen to James Lester of @NZUNGVA share his vision for ocean sustainability & how the WTO can support this.

Send your answer here https://t.co/rMxIvxVa4n or use #WTOTimeCapsule.

#WTOPublicForum

[Wen-Ti Sung @wentisung]

On the Xi-Blinken meeting in China: People can relax about Xi Jinping not accepting 'strategic competition', or that he called competition 'inconsistent with the trends of the times' (大国竞争不符合时代潮流). A short 🧵/1

https://t.co/QMd9MXQlPa

[Clare Kelly @CKellyNZ]

Successful end to the second fish cluster week. A busy week for the delegation, meeting bilaterally with 🇫🇯 🇼🇸 🇪🇺 🇻🇺 🇨🇦 🇿🇦 🇺🇸 🇬🇾 🇮🇳 🇧🇧 🇦🇺 🇹🇹 🇨🇳 🇳🇴 in addition to the Chair-led discussions. Good ideas for concluding the final pillar; lots of work ahead!

[Alastair Macfarlane @MacfarlaneAG]

@NeolithicSheep @Stacegotmyname Age and cunning bests youth and beauty every time. Enjoy!

[Alastair Macfarlane @MacfarlaneAG]

@MorganGodfery @Publicwrongs They are two new buildings next door to Charles Ferguson (occupied by Ministry for Primary Industries) and Defence House (formerly Bowen State Building) and now occupied by Defence HQ and other government agencies.

[Alastair Macfarlane @MacfarlaneAG]

@harrypeterson_ @jacindaardern Shipley was the first “elected” female PM to lose a general election.

[Alastair Macfarlane @MacfarlaneAG]

@WillsSantiago @wto Thank you for your tireless efforts @WillsSantiago It’s been an honour to have been able to work with you. Very best wishes for your future endeavours.

[Alastair Macfarlane @MacfarlaneAG]

@winstonpeters Thin Lizzy

[Alastair Macfarlane @MacfarlaneAG]

@AngusAuty @ScoopWellington They definitely were a powder blue - very 50s/60s. Picture taken on day of last tram in 1964

[Alastair Macfarlane @MacfarlaneAG]

@dpfdpf You've made your political point. So what are the other 100 people doing?

[CITES @CITES]

Preliminary report now released of the @FAOfish expert panel looking into six #CITES proposals on aquatic species, including sharks and rays. The report will go to #CITESCoP19 in November to inform discussion and decisions https://t.co/hLwjevHjou

[Alastair Macfarlane @MacfarlaneAG]

@ScoopWellington Hooray for Transmission Gully