James Ham
@JHam864
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Interim Deputy Director, Europe, Trade, and Multilateral Institutions @The_IPO
Cardiff, Wales
Joined July 2012
Link to the Accession Protocol and other documents #CPTPP
https://t.co/uNMfUPei2U
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@KemiBadenoch has just signed UK accession to CPTPP here in New Zealand. We are now a member. I’ve worked on this as chief negotiator since early 2021, so it’s a great feeling! A short thread on what it means and what happens next
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We are hiring @UKMissionGeneva Join the Trade & Economic team as a UK IP Attache and work on the fascinating file of #IP with wonderful colleagues at the UK Mission and at @The_IPO. Be one of the key members of @WIPO and @wto. Deadline 24 April https://t.co/3Gr23pwCwE
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This is the COOLEST. A Google Earth-type representation of the planet. Every green dot is a radio station. Click any dot to listen in. It’s like cultural teleportation. You could spend hours with this thing… https://t.co/rdEHUUfgvk
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1/ A thread with some thoughts on the DFID/FCO merger from someone who lived through and worked on the logistics of the Australian equivalent (@dfat merging with AusAid in 2014). This is a complex area with lots of greys. I'll try to be maximally fair to pros and cons.
Australia merged AusAid (our DFID) and DFAT (our FCO+DIT) about 7 years ago. There are merits to the idea, but it's a hugely disruptive exercise and it doesn't magically change all that much about how either aid or foreign policy is delivered.
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Calls to UK Domestic Abuse Helplines have more than doubled since the lockdown. Victims should know that if they are in danger, they can dial 999, then press 55 and remain silent. Police will know that the caller is in danger and cannot speak. Spread this wide.
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Somebody has made a Train Guy soundboard. I don't see how this could possibly help
trainguy.co.uk
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The Great Syd Mead passed away. Without him, the visual language of science fiction wouldn't have been the same. Here, his vision for the streets of Blade Runner.
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20 years on the day after negotiations were launched in Rio de Janeiro, the #EU and #Mercosur today concluded negotiations for a historic trade agreement - the biggest the EU has ever done. Congrats to @MalmstromEU and @PhilHoganEU @SandraGallina 👏
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Explore the commercial, economic & legal implications of #AI at our conference with @WIPO. 📈 Join leading thinkers, #entrepreneurs, technologists, policy makers, academics, legal scholars & #IP practitioners. 🗓️18&19 June in London: https://t.co/SCCJOn6dOo
#AIdecodingIP
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Interesting thread 👇
/1 Just finished a quick first read of the WTO panel decision today on Article XXI (Russia - Traffic in Transit, DS512). Thanks @rdmcdougall @howserob. Some very preliminary reactions for purposes of discussion. (Long thread).
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I have a piece up @monkeycageblog about how the WTO just blew up the REAL Trump-Russia collusion, which was the effort to keep the trade body from reviewing invocations of national security defenses. https://t.co/5ry8vxX2gI
washingtonpost.com
“National security” justifies trade restrictions only if there’s an actual national security exception.
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Useful tool provided by @CommonsESIC to allow opinions to be expressed on Statutory instruments under the EU (Withdrawal) Act. Well worth a look!
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I lost my hat in #reddeadredemption2 and I’m not sure what to do with myself. #hatproblems
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European Commission presents its vision for the modernisation of the #WTO, the World Trade Organisation: https://t.co/S7yBPg0RYZ
ec.europa.eu
The EU\'s approach to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) reform outlined in a document published today will be presented to EU partners in Geneva on 20 September during a meeting on that subject...
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