The UK–U.S Relationship Navigating Trade Amidst a Pandemic - Antony Phillipson

1:51 The U.S-U.K. trade relations
14:10 The U.K.’s food standards for trade
18:32 How U.S. and U.K. technology preferences can affect deals between the two countries
22:13 Canada’s importance to the U.K. in the post-Brexit Era
25:29 The U.K.’s views on the USMCA Free Trade Agreement
27:09 The U.K.’s views on GDPR and electronic data sharing
30:17 Whether the “America First” initiative will affect the U.K.’s interest in renewable energy opportunities?
34:43 The trade balance between the U.S. and the U.K.
38:52 The importance of Silicon Valley to the U.S.-U.K. relations
41:38 The U.K.’s unemployment rates amidst the pandemic
45:31 How the loss of the European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority will affect the U.K.
52:38 The impact of subsidiary companies in the U.S. affecting trade in the U.K.
57:02 How the FTA can support the emergence of small and medium-sized enterprises in the U.S. and the U.K.
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Antony Phillipson, British Consul General in New York & Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for North America

Antony Phillipson was announced as Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner (HMTC) for North America in February 2018. He became Her Majesty’s Consul General in New York in November 2017.

Antony joined the Civil Service in 1993.

He has held a number of posts in Her Majesty’s Government.

Previous roles include:

Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Counsellor at the Embassy in Washington
Prime Minister’s Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Head of the FCO Iran Coordination Group
High Commissioner to Singapore
Director (EU External), European and Global Issues Secretariat, Cabinet Office
Director of Trade and Partnerships in the Department for Exiting the European Union (DexEU)
Antony has a degree in modern history from the University of Oxford.