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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Most of these rules and regulations, certainly in electronic products that I'm involved with, are becoming harmonised across the world rather than just the EU. The work of BSI (British Standards Institute) and their colleagues in UL (Underwriters Laboritories) are probably as important as any EU institution in setting the rules.
To say that if we were not part of the EU we'd have no say in setting the major international standards and rules is IMO very misleading. We'd have no say in the petty bureucratic nonsense from Brussels but not being part of the EU we would have no need to implement them.
But it's always the way with Europhiles to muddy the waters and make claims that don't stand up to close inspection.
The classic false claim being "Three million jobs depend upon our membership of the EU" Wrong, wrong, wrong. They depend upon us trading with the EU. Quite a different thing but expect this mantra from the likes of Hesseltine and Mandelson over the next years.
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Quite agree,it always amazes me how people swallow the garbage that if we leave the EU we lose 50% of our trade .Other countries don't trade with us because we are in the EU they trade because we have a product they want at the price they want and that will always be the case .Other countries outside of the EU trade within Europe quite successfully ,no reason at all why that should not be the case for us