So, will there be open borders for skilled labour or not?
Last night on Newsnight we asked UK trade minister Gareth Thomas a question: what are the UK and the EU giving away on our behalf to gain the various concessions that are happening at the WTO trade talks in Geneva? Twice.
Specifically what we wanted to find out was whether the "free temporary movement" of skilled labour from all 153 member countries into the EU is on the table. This is known as "Mode 4" and is the obsession of a small but determined band of trade experts, from both the political left and right, who have been bending my ear about the lack of coverage of this issue....
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