Support/dislike of the EU now seems to be like supporting a sport team for all the reason and thought that goes into it "I support EU because I support EU".
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Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishing -
Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostNo, I didn't think about that at all, I played ib dib dog tulip, and where my pen landed was on leave."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostIt was just an opinion, not Govt policy
Cracks.Comment
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Originally posted by GB9 View PostSo he did actually say it. Cracks.
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It is a poor perception that all leave voters are old and all remain voters are youngComment
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Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostThis is irrelevant - the EU27 will not agree any deal - we are out on WTO.
Our effort is better spent schmoozing other countries round the world.
There are few widely agreed truths in the Brexit debate, but one of them is this: if Britain fails to reach a trade deal with the European Union after Brexit, it will have to fall back on the “WTO option”. This involves trading solely under rules set by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which govern things like tariffs and quotas. However, in recent months trade economists have reached an uncomfortable conclusion: falling back on the WTO could be a lot harder than it looks. Why?
Britain is already a member of the WTO. However, when negotiating trade deals and the like it operates through the EU. To become a fully independent member, Britain would need to have its own “schedules”, WTO-speak for the list of tariffs and quotas that it would apply to other countries. In theory, it would not be too difficult for Britain to acquire its own schedules. Under a so-called “rectification”, the British government would simply cross out “EU” at the top of the page and write “United Kingdom” instead. But doing more than this would be difficult. Imagine that Britain decided that it wanted to boost support for its farmers by raising tariffs on farm products (perhaps they had lost out from reduced EU funding). Such a move would require a more ambitious “modification” of Britain’s WTO schedules, requiring much lengthier negotiations. While they were going on, Britain’s status in the WTO would be in legal limbo.
The most likely course is that Britain keeps its “schedules” precisely as they were under the EU, including maintaining the EU’s “common external tariff”, which is applied uniformly by member states to imports from third countries. This avoids diplomatic wranglings; but a post-Brexit government will surely be embarrassed that it is using EU-approved commitments. That is not the only problem. Current WTO trade agreements assume that the 28-member EU is a coherent economic bloc. Trade between member states is mostly free. Multinationals move parts back and forth frequently between different member states. If Britain broke free from the EU, but kept the common external tariff in place, then a company moving parts between the EU and Britain could potentially face a tariff charge every time a border was crossed. Countries whose producers were hit by this development might make life difficult elsewhere for British negotiators.
The WTO will even shape the Brexit negotiations themselves. The government is desperate to ensure that Britain’s big exporters do not suffer from Brexit. It has explicitly assured Nissan, a carmaker, that it will not suffer. But WTO rules can make such sectoral deals hard. If Britain were to agree bilaterally with the EU not to apply tariffs on cars, the WTO’s “most-favoured nation” principle might force it to offer tariff-free access to other countries as well. Channelling government money to boost exports is also something of which the WTO would disapprove. The WTO option may seem like an easy way out for post-Brexit Britain, but that road is in reality covered with bumps.Comment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostAnd is the WTO option a walk in the park?
The Economist explains: Why the “WTO option” for Brexit will prove tricky | The Economist
"The UK will not face a trade "vacuum or disruption" no matter how tough its exit from the European Union turns out to be, according Roberto Azevedo, director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO)"Comment
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Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostBrexit unlikely to disrupt UK trade, says WTO boss
"The UK will not face a trade "vacuum or disruption" no matter how tough its exit from the European Union turns out to be, according Roberto Azevedo, director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO)"
Trade will continue, but with higher transaction costs, so essentials will be imported, and low margin exports will drop dead.Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostWhat he means is that U-boats won't be enforcing trade blockage...
Trade will continue, but with higher transaction costs, so essentials will be imported, and low margin exports will drop dead.Comment
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Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostYou are such a pessimist.
What does HMG playing, polo or croquet?Comment
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