Justin Brown

Consultant | ex DFAT | ex trade negotiator | former Ambassador to 🇪🇺🇧🇪🇱🇺& NATO | High Commissioner to 🇨🇦& 🇧🇲| Ambassador for the Environment.

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

Come on Canberra, support your winemakers - WBM Online https://t.co/VbVABPrIhU

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

Even with the usual caveats, these are interesting population projections. https://t.co/we6ztd33Ss

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

Housing affordability aside, intergenerational equity is not as big an issue in Australia as elsewhere in the OECD. https://t.co/4S7oVf5OVy

[FT Economics @fteconomics]

Europe urgently needs a remedy for the ‘Brussels defect’ https://t.co/cIGeRZdWcV

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

Trump's tariff deals will cost US consumers thousands more https://t.co/aPU4RURoZb

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

The fog is lifting on Trump's dubious tariff policy https://t.co/oZc7B74mML via @NZZ

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

The problem with the EU's push to create a like minded group of countries banding together to push back against US tariff vandalism is that it won't work. https://t.co/hjG9Mzx0Yy

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

Why Americans and Europeans Disagree About Globalization by Daniel Gros @ProSyn https://t.co/F1zky1epAa

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

The US Administration's tariff hikes are already driving its trading partners to pursue more robust market diversification policies. https://t.co/KcOSTVEQEb

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

US tariff policies have driven a surge in travel to Washington by Asian trade officials. https://t.co/dCtYdfNTmm

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

Will Trump's approach ultimately deliver CPTPP-level benefits to the US in return for continuing 'reciprocal' US tariffs at or >10%. https://t.co/q7qLxY88pZ

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

US Administration well short of its '90 deals in 90 days' pledge/boast. https://t.co/Q4XSmrDdXe

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

The EU continues to warn that it will retaliate against the US even if the 10% baseline tariff remains in force. What odds a framework deal can be agreed by 9 July? https://t.co/lBskhj9OTp

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

The litany of US WTO-illegal actions is undeniable, but formal US withdrawal from the WTO would likely spell the decline of the multilateral trading system. https://t.co/saJgp0TGVe

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

None of these deals are going to be easy to land. Many outstanding issues look intractable. https://t.co/W2MKCHz8hq

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

If it continues, the US retreat to protectionism will have a major negative impact on global economic growth. https://t.co/MFRbrK6ZtD

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

That US-China talks are 'stalled' is far from surprising. What will the US do to counter Chinese tactics. https://t.co/e5jobncM8J

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

Tariff lawfare will add further to the already massive policy uncertainty, generating more negative impacts on business confidence and investment. https://t.co/4Y1mJwoJ8Q

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

Many of those countries hardest hit by US tariff policies are in Asia, driving those countries faster toward the Chinese sphere. https://t.co/2RRor43HlS

[Justin Brown @jhbrown16]

Classic Canadian PR/image-making.

[David Crowe @CroweDM]

"We see kindness as a virtue, not as a weakness."

Mark Carney just now. Similar remark from Anthony Albanese in recent weeks...