Thread: UK & EU Agree Post-Brexit Trade Deal
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Old 04-10-2019, 20:01   #946
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Re: Brexit Development(s) Discussion
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Our future trading arrangements with our largest trading partner - and indeed the possibility of the UK being flooded by tariff free goods from around the world as WTO countries claim their right to the same "no tariffs" we offer the UK, is hardly a "spanner in the works".

British jobs are at risk.
The 'spanner in the works' is the attempt made by those stubborn remainers to thwart Brexit.

I don't buy your doom-laden views about a no-deal Brexit, which would free us from the sticky web of the EU. As has been pointed out before, there is the rest of the world to trade with. Many of these countries have more rapidly-growing GDPs than the EU.

We do not have to be flooded with tariff-free goods. We could apply quotas if supply exceeded demand.

Anyhow, it is pretty obvious to me that if we cannot secure a deal, we simply agree with the EU to set out how far we've got in our thinking about a trade deal and apply Article 24 of GATT. Given the EU's public declarations that they want a deal, I see no reason why that would be refused. It takes away the time pressure and we can forget the withdrawal agreement completely and just go straight into discussions about a trade agreement. Backstop issues disappear overnight.

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Originally Posted by Pierre View Post
Only has to be “ in the form” of that example, not a replica of it.
Nice try, but I don't think those tactics would stand up in a court of law, particularly with the astounding judgements they seem to be coming to these days about all things Brexit.
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