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  • Evidence 12 December 2025

    House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee inquiry on Farming in Wales in 2025: Challenges and Opportunities

    By Ludivine Petetin and Alexander Fitzpatrick et al.

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    Summary CITP publication

    In response to this inquiry by the House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee on "Farming in Wales in 2025: Challenges and Opportunities", this submission outlines the challenges and opportunities faced by the Welsh agricultural sector, focussing on economic, trade-based, and constitutional framework perspectives. And emphasises that these challenges and opportunities faced by the sector are exaggerated in the post-Brexit landscape. Our evidence was cited 12 times on pages 5, 19, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29 in the 2025 Report of the Welsh Affairs Committee.

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  • Briefing Paper 9 September 2025

    Copy, paste, repeat: The trend and risks of boilerplating in UK Free Trade Agreements

    By Alexander Fitzpatrick and Ludivine Petetin et al.

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    This Briefing Paper investigates agri-concession boilerplating in trade agreements and provides guidance for Devolved Administrations to mitigate or reduce the negative impacts.

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  • Briefing Paper 24 June 2025

    Negotiating a turbulent world: The role of devolved nations in UK trade

    By Alexander Fitzpatrick, Ludivine Petetin, Lisa Claire Whitten, Billy Melo Araujo, Viviane Gravey, Dan Wincott, Lindsey Garner-Knapp and Daniela Janikova et al.

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    This Briefing Paper explores the evolving position, role, and potential for the Devolved Administrations of the UK in how trade policy is formulated and implemented across the four nations of the UK.

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  • Evidence 15 May 2025

    House of Lords International Agreements Committee inquiry on Review of treaty scrutiny

    By Billy Melo Araujo, Ludivine Petetin, Lisa Claire Whitten, Lindsey Garner-Knapp and Viviane Gravey et al.

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    Summary CITP publication

    In response to this inquiry by the House of Lords International Agreements Committee on "Review of treaty scrutiny", our evidence reviews the UK’s treaty scrutiny legal framework and practice under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRAG) and highlights certain weaknesses / limitations. The report advocates for reforms: granting Parliament full approval powers over treaties, expanding scrutiny to cover more treaty types and non-binding instruments, and improving transparency and public engagement. It also calls for stronger consultation mechanisms with devolved governments and civil society, addressing systemic barriers. Without reforms, the UK's treaty-making process risks undermining democratic accountability, transparency, and legitimacy.

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  • Briefing Paper 18 March 2025

    Uneven vulnerabilities: Challenges and opportunities for the UK and devolved agricultural sector

    By Alexander Fitzpatrick and Ludivine Petetin et al.

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    Summary CITP publication

    Clear risks exist for the UK’s agriculture sector stemming from post-Brexit trade agreements which could be addressed by a more holistic approach to policymaking.

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  • Evidence 22 November 2023

    House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee inquiry on the UK trade policy: food and agriculture

    By Ludivine Petetin et al.

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    This oral evidence by Ludivine Petetin to the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee on the "UK trade policy: food and agriculture", looks at the opportunities and challenges presented by two trade deals for UK food and agriculture – namely the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership free trading bloc and the Free Trade Agreements with Australia and New Zealand post Brexit; the cumulative impact of these trade deals on the agri-food sector; what support is available to food producers in light of lower tariffs on food imports.

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  • Briefing Paper 6 November 2023

    Addressing barriers for Welsh institutions and civil society to contribute to UK trade policy

    By Ludivine Petetin, Charles Whitmore and Aileen Burmeister et al.

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    This Briefing Paper analyses Welsh civil society organisations’ engagement with government on trade impacts and puts forward five ways to ensure devolved interests are represented in trade negotiations and the resulting trade agreements.

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  • Evidence 27 April 2023

    Devolution and Levelling up - Their place in future UK trade deals

    By Ludivine Petetin et al.

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    Ludivine Petetin gave oral evidence on Devolution to the UK Trade and Business Commission.

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  • Evidence 2 April 2023

    Trade Justice Wales evidence submission to the UK Trade and Business Commission

    By Ludivine Petetin et al.

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    Ludivine Petetin submitted written evidence to the UK Trade and Business Commission to the Inquiry on ‘Devolution and UK Trade Policy’. Evidence submitted as part of Trade Justice Wales – a network of civil society stakeholders coordinated in partnership between Fair Trade Wales and a team of academics from Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre.

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  • Evidence 27 November 2022

    Oral evidence to the Senedd’s Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee on the Agriculture (Wales) Bill and the Committee

    By Ludivine Petetin et al.

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    Oral evidence by Ludivine Petetin to the Senedd’s Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee on the Agriculture (Wales) Bill and the Committee. Dr Petetin answers questions on the definition of sustainable land management, monitoring and reporting and environmental protections.

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