Holger Hestermeyer

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Professor of International and EU Law, King‘s College London
Show threadHolger HestermeyerJan 31, 2023
Is GDP growth higher than in the EU - he claims that is true both from 2016 and 2020. Let's do the 2016 calculus. Here's the World Bank GDP growth stat. If you take 2015 as 100 the UK ends up at 103.46, the EU at 108.32. So that claim does not hold up. But
Show threadHolger HestermeyerJan 31, 2023
Maybe it's because it isn't PPP? As the World bank doesn't do growth of PPP I had to compare myself, the UK grew from 2.93 trillion to 3.34, the EU from 18.07 to 21.68 - that's 13.99% growth for the UK, 25.51% for the EU. So doubts here, too.
Show threadHolger HestermeyerJan 31, 2023
In 2021 it was below Germany and France. So that claim is (according to the OECD data) incorrect.
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FDI - according to the data of the OECD while the UK historically has had the highest FDI inflows compared to EU competitors...
Show threadHolger HestermeyerJan 31, 2023
Inflation - indeed, UK inflation is well below the EU27 and the euro, it is slightly below Germany and significantly higher than France. (Source OECD)
Holger HestermeyerJan 31, 2023

OK - this is procrastination and should not happen. But I was curious - are things better than many think? Let's look at Lord Hannan's statistics (thread)

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‘Ignore the anti-Brexit fanatics — Britain is doing just fine’ says Lord Hannan https://conservativepost.co.uk/ignore-the-anti-brexit-fanatics-britain-is-doing-just-fine-says-lord-hannan/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ConsPost/status/1620073195763122177

‘Ignore the anti-Brexit fanatics — Britain is doing just fine’ says Lord Hannan

By Lord Daniel Hannan. Here are a couple of things you won’t be reading in the media. U.K. inflation, already well below the European Union’s level, fell again last month. Payroll jobs are up 1.8 m…

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Holger HestermeyerJan 31, 2023

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EU #Indonesia trade agreement: next negotiation round (14th) will take place between 6 - 10 February in Bali 🇪🇺🇮🇩

Swedish Presidency says there's a "high level of ambition" for this FTA so it's unlikely it would be concluded in the near term.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/C_Jalil/status/1620059259164581892

Carlos on Twitter

“EU #Indonesia trade agreement: next negotiation round (14th) will take place between 6 - 10 February in Bali 🇪🇺🇮🇩 Swedish Presidency says there's a "high level of ambition" for this FTA so it's unlikely it would be concluded in the near term.”

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Holger HestermeyerJan 29, 2023

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US says it wants NVNI complaints to be remedy in disputes involving national security, but can that remedy be effective? If US asks for authoritative interpretation of GATT XXI, as it suggested it would, clarification of NVNI would be helpful too.

https://ielp.worldtradelaw.net/2023/01/national-security-disputes-non-violation-nullification-or-impairment-authoritative-interpretations.html

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/snlester/status/1619323498630873089

Show threadHolger HestermeyerJan 28, 2023
@[email protected] @[email protected] Die Staaten tun sich schon jetzt schwer damit, den IStGH ausreichend zu unterstützen. Wenn wir das Feld weiter fragmentieren, wird die Lage dadurch nicht besser. /2
Holger HestermeyerJan 28, 2023

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Der russische Angriff auf die Ukraine darf nicht ungesühnt bleiben. Die Forderung des Europarats nach einem Sondertribunal ist deshalb der richtige Weg - gleichzeitig gilt es den IStGH zu stärken.

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/internationales/europarat-fordert-einstimmig-ukraine-tribunal-sondergericht-soll-fuhrung-in-russland-und-belarus-zur-verantwortung-ziehen-9249483.html

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/michael_g_link/status/1618964344427139072

Europarat fordert einstimmig Ukraine-Tribunal: Sondergericht soll Führung in Russland und Belarus zur Verantwortung ziehen

Ein Sondertribunal könnte wegen des Verbrechens der „Aggression“ gegen Russland vorgehen. Selenskyj hatte es bereits mehrfach gefordert.

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