I'm Katie Balls. I'm Deputy Political Editor for Spectator, and today's discussion is centering on green and global trade.

So head of COP 26, Boris Johnson's team are going green. We've had calls to slash tariffs on green goods and whole

country is accountable for heavily polluting practices. We're also seeing Britain start to reopen

after COVID-19. So is the rhetoric going to match the reality? Our plans for global Britain

are going to take off? And in that case, is the green agenda going to become a dominant feature of our trade

negotiations, of a trade policy or a sideline strategy? And is it going to be a help or a hindrance?

So what does Britain have to offer its trading partners when it comes to negative emissions and

boosting global recovery? I think one of the things that're keen to talk about is a carbon border adjustment mechanism

going to be something which has helped to this.

Now, before we begin, we're going further.

I want to say thank you to our partner Drax

for sponsoring today's panel

and also say we're going to try and take as many questions

as possible and keen to make it very interactive.

We're going to have some

open remarks, but if people have any questions come to mind at any point, you can ask a question

by typing in the text box on the Spectator TV site or by emailing events at spectator.com.

That's Events at Spectator.com.com. I'm going to try and get for as many as possible. I do know

when it comes to discussions like this, it can get quite techy quite quickly. So we will go and we

will dive into the detail, but if you can try and keep your questions, obviously is accessible

because we've got a mix of people involved in this session. That would be great. Otherwise,

I will attempt to break things down.

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