“As far as I’m aware she does not have any degree in economics.”
“I was and I remain a professor of economics.”
This is what happened when a Brexit Party MEP questioned the expertise of Green MEP Molly Scott Cato over post-Brexit trade.
Desperate people forced to seek refuge is a crisis for them - but making it out to be a crisis for the rest of us so that he can then act tough is more about the Home Secretary’s political ambitions. Humanitarian action would be a better response.
I have a confession.
I studied the WTO for my Masters degree, negotiated at the WTO for years, worked at a leading trade think tank and run a website called Trade Explained... and I still have no idea what a "managed WTO tariff" is supposed to be.