Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Never has trade policy seemed so risqué

In the truly bizarre revelations that led to the resignation of British Petroleum CEO Lord Browne (the Claimant, since he was seeking a restraining injunction against the Mail), the following is amongst the details cited in the court documents -- Mr Chevalier is the Canadian boyfriend, Peter Mandelson is the EU Commissioner for trade policy, and "Reinaldo" (sic) is his long-time partner --

d) There was another dinner with the Claimant, Mr Chevalier, Ms Hunter, Peter Mandelson and the latter’s Brazilian boyfriend at the time (referred to as “Reinaldo”), which was held at one of the Claimant’s homes, and at which they discussed European Union policy and Chinese textile quotas.

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