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jfman · 17-11-2018, 10:10

I’m not sure how it causes panic in the Irish Government. If there’s no border it’ll allow the EU to establish de facto standards and controls for the island of Ireland and countries trading with the UK will complain to the WTO about having to compete with uncontrollable movement of goods from the EU into the UK.

The Irish Government have simply offered rhetoric in line with what the EU expects of them to create pressure on us.

The reality is the Article 50 process is designed to favour the EU. Leaving the EU in a controlled and stable manner would probably take a decade of preparation and include a transition within the EEA/SM/CU.

17-11-2018, 10:10	#3242
jfman Architect of Ideas Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 11,146	Re: Brexit I’m not sure how it causes panic in the Irish Government. If there’s no border it’ll allow the EU to establish de facto standards and controls for the island of Ireland and countries trading with the UK will complain to the WTO about having to compete with uncontrollable movement of goods from the EU into the UK. The Irish Government have simply offered rhetoric in line with what the EU expects of them to create pressure on us. The reality is the Article 50 process is designed to favour the EU. Leaving the EU in a controlled and stable manner would probably take a decade of preparation and include a transition within the EEA/SM/CU.