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Originally Posted by jfman
Turkey isn't transitioning from a frictionless border so I fail to see the relevance.
Snow melts, workers return. Are you suggesting the solution is to rejoin the EU within a few days?
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A Customs Union still creates delays, and they've had more than 20 years to sort it out(ie the EU making it more difficult).
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On a recent Saturday at the Kapıkule border crossing, about 30 minutes drive from the Turkish city of Edirne, a line of trucks 4km long stretched along the highway, inching along glacially towards the Bulgarian checkpoints. “Today is a good day,” said Ibrahim Kurtukcu, a 42-year trucker who had been waiting 14 hours. “Last week the line was 7km long.” The record is 17km. It can take up to 30 hours to get through to the other side.
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“The customs union means free movement of our goods,” said Erman Ereke, a member of the executive committee of the Turkish International Transporters’ Association. “It doesn’t mean free movement of our trucks.”
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Bad weather and strike delays can easily last longer than any of the worst case scenario delays. If the UK can routinely cope with those, then it can cope with any of these supposed delays.