Andy Bounds

Andrew Bounds – speaker on trade, tariffs, business, the EU, post-Brexit politics, and the Netherlands.

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Specialist Speaker Andy Bounds is the Financial Times European Union correspondent in Brussels reporting on trade and tariffs, European politics, Brexit, and health policy. Andy is also Netherlands correspondent, covers the European Parliament and is a regular contributor to the FT’s Europe Express newsletter.

He is a superbly informed speaker to explain the possible consequences of the Trump administration’s moves on EU trade and industry as well as the “reset” of the EU-UK rfelationship post-Brexit.

He is also now covering the rise of populist right politics across Europe and the impact on policymaking in Brussels.

He was formerly Enterprise Editor and North of England correspondent at the Financial Times based in Manchester where he covered business, political, transport, housing, and social affairs in Yorkshire, the Humber, the North-west and north Wales online and in print. Andy possesses a comprehensive knowledge of issues affecting the North of England, be they of regional, national, or European influence.

Andy Bounds was also posted in Brussels between 2004 and 2008.