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Old 19-03-2018, 14:04   #2443
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Re: Brexit discussion
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Originally Posted by Mick View Post
BREAKING: EU have agreed a draft treaty, an ‘Orderly Withdrawal’ from European Union transition period of 21 months which ends on New Year’s Day 2020.

Key points agreed:

  1. Transition period will end on New Year's Day 2020
  2. UK can sign but not implement third-country trade deals until then
  3. Northern Ireland to have 'full regulatory alignment' as 'backstop'
  4. EU citizens who arrive before 2021 get same rights as those after Brexit
  5. Britain only able to 'consult' on fishing rule changes
  6. Joint committee to be set up to arbitrate on transition disputes
Thank God we have more information on this now to stop all the wingeing from remainers that this is all going to lead to a disaster, with no agreement with the EU. This is better than I had hoped for from the EU at this stage.

However, we need some hard negotiations on points 3 (NI alignment) 5 (fisheries). However, at last, the end of the tunnel is in sight.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
Looks like the 21-month transition period has been agreed. We have conceded on the Irish border and on accepting new EU legislation but not shaping it; Rees-Mogg's vassal state.
On the other hand, we can negotiate deals with third parties during this time. But most countries will only do so when they know what future relationship we will have with the EU.
I don't think we have conceded on the Irish border, Andrew, not at all. The 'regulatory alignment' is only a backstop if nothing else can be agreed, but as you know, the UK Government has alternative solutions which will be better than this. They have cited the Norway/Sweden border as an example of a frictionless border and they believe new technology can make it even better.

I am absolutely confident that we will not get ourselves in a position whereby we will become a 'vassal state'! Theresa May has ruled that out completely.

The compromise over the right to sign trade agreements seems eminently sensible to me. The hard liners are probably going to have to swallow that one whole.
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