Thread: Government & Post Election Discussion
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Old 27-11-2018, 09:14   #1721
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
How can you do trade deals if you have regulatory alignment for most, if not all, goods? A key aspect of trade deals is the aligning and changing of regulations for the various products/industries/whatever with the country you're doing the deal with.

The only reason not to have a customs union if you already have regulatory alignment is either because it isn't full regulatory alignment (which means check for some things) or you want to diverge from that later. Both would require a customs border.
Yes, but regulatory alignment in the main types of goods flowing to and from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (mainly agricultural) should not pose a big problem. For the small percentage of other goods involved, the arrangements already put forward by the UK would suffice.

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Originally Posted by Mr K View Post
I know what would and does work, but you won't like it...
Nor would most people in this country, it seems...
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