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Determining the circumstances that led to John Barilaro landing a cushy New York trade role has become "ridiculous", according to the NSW opposition leader.

An upper house inquiry into John Barilaro's appointment to a plum trade job will later this week put the former deputy premier's relationship under the microscope, and his now girlfriend's role at Investment NSW.

MORNING BRIEFING: Three people, including one of John Barilaro's former political staffers, are due to give evidence today at the New South Wales upper house inquiry into the appointment of the former deputy premier to a lucrative US trade role.

A member of the selection panel for a New York trade role that went to John Barilaro says the recruitment firm involved may have been biased against him.

Investment NSW’s Kylie Bell among those to appear before parliamentary inquiry on Friday

Inquiry also hears Amy Brown reveal Stuart Ayres’ praise for John Barilaro before New York appointment

Investment NSW CEO Amy Brown has been grilled for a second time at a parliamentary inquiry into the appointment of Mr Barilaro as the state's senior trade and investment commissioner to the Americas.

The Investment NSW chief says former trade minister Stuart Ayres "was not at arm's length" from the decision to appoint John Barilaro to a New York trade job.

Amy Brown, the chief executive of Investment NSW, is expected to be asked if she felt pressured to deliver certain outcomes in the recruitment process