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Old 08-11-2018, 18:44   #2745
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Re: Brexit
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
The EU has no intention of reaching a trade deal with the UK except on their terms - which are being bound to the Customs Union.

Surely that is staring you in the face? The evidence is glaring in front of you.



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Beg to differ

https://www.britishports.org.uk/syst...time_ports.pdf

A snippet:

At present roughly half of the trade passing through the sea ports of the UK is customs free trade with the other 27 members of the EU. Dover is the dominant port for EU trade, accounting for 22% of the total (exports plus imports)
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Firstly, the simple fact is that if the EU doesn't climb down from its high horse, there will be no trade deal. But then you have the Ireland/Northern Ireland border problem, and the EU doesn't want a hard border. Something has to give.

On your second point, that 6% figure was quoted by the BBC just today and it is correct. The figures you quote relate to UK/EU trade. It seems to me that Raab was assuming EU trade could take place from many other ports, but maybe didn't take full account of the impact of that on speedy and frictionless trade. Incidentally, this is a new role for him, so this initial period of office is when you become aware of some finer details which may not have been clear to you before taking on the role.
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