Gary Simpson
@_GarySimpson
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Senior Policy Advisor - Department for Business and Trade | PhD - UK trade law and policy: Queen's University Belfast
Joined December 2011
Immensely grateful to @BillyMeloAraujo for all his guidance over the years. Big thanks also to @aglawfoodie & Gordon for acting as examiners. Hugely appreciated!
The School is pleased to announce that Mr Gary Simpson passed his PhD viva on 25 June 2025. Many congratulations Gary. Gary’s thesis was entitled “The UK’s legal framework for market integration in services and devolved regulatory autonomy. A missed opportunity?”. Thank you
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Always best to wait until the legal texts are agreed but a dynamic alignment arrangement on SPS and linking of CBAM would be hugely significant for Northern Ireland.
NOW ONLINE: EU-UK Summit outcome documents. #EUUKSummit ↓
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UKG launches consultation as part of its review into the UK Internal Market Act but "will not be reviewing the part of the Act with relevance to NI because it contains vital provisions concerning the Windsor Framework..." https://t.co/K0V3oh3vKg
#Brexit #windsorframework
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Government to review UK Internal Market Act, working closely with devolved governments throughout
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Very excited to announce the establishment of the @qubschooloflaw International Economic Law Centre (@QUB_IEL). https://t.co/uuzz65UrCW
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In the June issue: “Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Silos and symbiosis” by @BillyMeloAraujo (@qubschooloflaw). https://t.co/KWdqfcJPzb
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Postcard from Spain! Our PGCE student teachers Amanda and Nicole are enjoying life in Madrid where they are spending four weeks as part of their teaching practice. Find out about our PGCE at https://t.co/FJiRa4Ypot
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Amazing two days @UoNEconomics for @centre4ITP conference. It was good to catch up with friends and make new ones. Thanks all! @VGravey @johunt @TomHorsley84 @GabrielSilesB @_GarySimpson
@CardiffLaw @WalesGovernance
Today marks the 2nd day of our Academic Conference at @UoNEconomics. Its a pleasure to see trade policy researchers from different disciplines and areas of interest coming together to present, discuss and learn about the latest thinking on trade and trade policy #CITPconf24
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Excellent presentation from @qubschooloflaw’s @_GarySimpson of his research on the UKIMA and services market integration.
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Good news and a sign that the deal between the UK gov and the DUP was carefully coordinated with the EU. It shows how much you can achieve with careful, behind close doors negotiaitons rather than the confrontative approach of the Frost/Johnson years.
🚨Something unexpected on NI🚨...new Joint Committee legal decision expanding 'not at risk' category to cover rest of world imports into NI. Definitely a win for DUP & UK. Also very firmly flies in face of those who said there would be no legal changes 1/
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Congratulations to our very own Dr Norah Burns, who has been shortlisted for a QUB Staff Excellence Award. Norah has been shortlisted for delivering Outstanding Leadership of the Student Skills Assistants Programme within our faculty. Her programme has already won digital
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🏆👏Bravo to our PhD stars @SeaninLittle, @Daniela_suarezv & @GarySimpson14 for earning the Head of School Contribution Prize! Their work truly stands out in our Law School. Kudos to @JanineGeddis on earning the County Antrim Grand Jury Bursary. Your achievements make us proud!🤩
Students with outstanding academic achievements or notable contributions to the School were celebrated yesterday evening at our wonderful prize-giving ceremony. Proceedings were led by our Head of School Professor Joan Loughrey and Dr David Capper, with an inspiring speaker
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I'm going to write two threads about the Napoleon movie. The first one (this one) will evaluate it as a movie. The second will be a nit-picky history thread about the details and battles. TL;DR it was not great. Golda was a masterpiece by comparison. 2 stars. 1/17
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Teaching a constitutional law class on the executive and ministerial accountability at 10am this morning proved extremely topical..
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Following on from a point made by @MichaelGasiorek at the recent @QUBelfast workshop on the Windsor Framework, my below piece on the potential impact of a deeper UK/EU trading relationship on NI's dual market access advantage has been published by the @DCU_Brexit_Inst
📢 New blogpost out! The #windsorframework offers #NorthernIreland the “best of both worlds” – but for how long? ✍️ written by @GarySimpson14 Read it here 👉
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Congratulations to Gary Simpson, who has been awarded a Head of School Contribution Prize 2023. Dr. Norah Burns nominated Gary because he made a fantastic impact as a Student Skills Assistant at the School of Law. Gary had some words of advice to pass on to current
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My take on the Windsor Framework published as as @DCU_Brexit_Inst working paper. https://t.co/6wqaH84i5o
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Almost 350 colleagues of the #EuropeanStudies community came to Belfast @QUBelfast for UACES 53rd Annual Conference! 📺👇 With special thanks to our sponsors @VisitBelfast @NITouristBoard! We are now calling for Themed Tracks for #UACES2024. More on 👉 https://t.co/QhZtrlcgtl
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@QUBelfast @PostBrexitGovNI @LisaClaireWhit1 @hayward_katy @DPhinnemore In rounding off an extremely informative and insightful day @hayward_katy looks at avenues in place to facilitate NI's voice in UK-EU relations and asks the question 'are they adequate for the challenge of implementation?'
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