Media Coverage

Dr Harpreet Sood, Advisor to GC, spoke to the BBC Today programme on combatting disinformation on the covid vaccine being spread to South Asian communities. He said: "We need to be clear and make people realise there is no meat in the vaccine, there is no pork in the vaccine, it has been accepted and endorsed by all the religious leaders and councils and faith communities."

Global Counsel Senior Director Stephen Adams says that, while the rules of origin are like those found in any trade deal, the supply chain onto which they have been imposed is not. “Rules of origin are designed for a type of international trade very different to the supermarket distribution networks between the UK and Ireland. This is essentially a domestic distribution model which we now have to treat as an international trade problem.”

Mr Sunak’s approach stands in flattering contrast to the EU’s own position on access to its market by outsiders, which is looking increasingly unreliable and politicised, says Denzil Davidson.

Prominent Republican pollster Frank Luntz blasted President Trump and his campaign for focusing on Hunter Biden in the stretch run to Election Day, calling Trump’s campaign the worst he’s ever seen and saying the president’s advisers should be “brought up on charges of political malpractice.” Speaking at a briefing for the British strategic advising company Global Counsel, Luntz said Trump’s advisers have “their heads up their asses” if they think Hunter Biden will be a winning issue for them.

"There may well be cases where foreign investment in specific sensitive sectors poses too much of a risk. But creating a hostile environment for foreign investment is not the right approach." Max von Thun for City AM. 

"As Britain continues to negotiate its departure from the European Union, the OneWeb deal provides the country leverage in talks on security matters", Franck Thomas in the New York Times.

"The government needs to make sure it has an operation that is bigger than the sum of its parts, rather than simply relying on one or two star performers. It needs to trust more of the government’s own ministers to take meaningful decisions, rather than relying on Number Ten to get it right every time, all the time; it needs to get a thicker skin about criticism, understanding that some of it means well, even if much of it is partisan; and, even with its significant majority, it needs to pick its battles." Alex Dawson for GQ magazine.

“Where the UK ends up on sustainable finance will be significant because this is one of the first financial files where the UK may diverge from the EU, even though they agree on the main policy substance,” Denzil Davidson for the Financial Times.

"There is perhaps a role for the World Trade Organization in helping states work on transparency protocols and best practice for lifting and imposing travel bans or restrictions." Global Counsel's Stephen Adams comments for the Financial Times.

“The importance of Airbus transcends the purely economic aspects of its activities,” said Daniel Capparelli, Practice Lead for Trade and Manufacturing. Airbus, he said, is the “flagship example” of choosing and supporting European Union-wide industrial champions.