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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Article 28 is a GATT provision, so it is not illegal![COLOR="Silver"]
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Article 28 requires agreement (or more accurately, absence of dispute) of all WTO members for a country to enact a change in their tariff and quota schedule. Changing it regardless of objections would be a break in the rules. As I understand it, it's the split of Tariff Relief Quotas between the UK and EU which are causing the most objections.
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Is that true? I was led to believe any objection has to include proof that these countries are being negatively affected, seeing as it's a continuation of current status it might be hard for them to prove but then what do any of is here actually know about this
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The issue is that the current status will not be carried on, even by dint that the size of the market would change from 508 million to 66 million and the balance of good domestically produced will change after leaving.
Here's the formal letter of objection to the UK and EU on the proposed TRQ schedule -
https://iegpolicy.agribusinessintell...9A819C09FE2C6E