Thread: Brexit discussion
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Old 22-03-2018, 13:57   #2478
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Re: Brexit discussion
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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
Apparently the way these tenders work is those deciding aren't allowed to see who made the bids? In other words they may not have known it was a French company. You would hope so because it is a bit mad to make the passports blue as a symbol of taking back control whilst moving passport production to Europe.

That said I don't really care. If France gave the best bid then good for them. We let them run our nuclear power stations and the Germans run some of our trains.
'Taking back control' means making our own decisions, not doing everything ourselves. Brexit for me means trading freely with the rest of the world, as far as possible without tariffs. Some tariffs are fine if it stops countries flooding the market, although I would prefer quotas to resolve these issues.

Once you start dictating which countries are permitted to print your passports, you are engaging in unacceptable trade practices, in my opinion. By allowing the rest of the world compete, you are also helping poorer countries, who have been kept in their place by the EU.
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