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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
The only real question is whether we can get a bi-lateral agreement with the EU, which you and other remainers on here are convinced is impossible. I don't buy that.
I see no reason why the EU would not co-operate to the extent that it too is concerned about frictionless trade to us.
In the Washington post article that Hugh posted, the revelation is made that a protection period is possible.
'WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo confirmed that there must be a bilateral agreement between the EU and U.K. in order to claim an implementation period under GATT Article 24. “Once they have an agreement I think Article 24 could give them some time for implementation of that agreement,” he told Bloomberg. “But the first question is the agreement itself.”
However, the defeatist attitude that so many posts on here reveal simply doesn't allow them to see the obvious. I guess they won't believe it until they see it. Only then will they shut up about the impossibility of it all and move on to a new lefty topic to promote despite all reason to the contrary.
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Of course the countries of the EU want a deal with the UK, it's a no brainer to accommodate gravity based trade. However, the EU27 have some other priorities/red lines, namely;
- Citizens rights
- Integrity of the EU single market and customs union
- The Good Friday Agreement
- Financial liabilities already agreed to
Putting any one or more of the above at risk brings everything to a grinding halt. The agreement already proposed but knocked back covered these priorities of course, for better or for worse.