28-02-2020, 17:10
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: [Updated] The UK’s future relationship with the EU
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Originally Posted by jonbxx
I think we're both saying the same thing here! If we are OK with WTO rules only, we get non-discriminatory access to EU markets (MFN status) but also tariffs, rules of origin requirements, no origin cumulations, etc.
It looks like if we want to good stuff, i.e. tariff free access, harmonised standards, mutual recognition of standards and qualifications, rules of origin cumulation etc., the EU are asking for a level playing field beyond WTO rules.
Of course, they can ask, it's up to the UK to do a cost/benefit calculation and decide if it's worth it politically. They could of course ask business what it thinks and wants. If leaving the EU is supposed to reduce red tape, then this should be a good thing
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https://www.ft.com/content/6cf7bba6-...5-8e03987b7b20
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Michael Gove has endorsed claims that up to 50,000 people will have to be recruited to carry out customs paperwork under the government’s preferred Canada-style trade deal with the EU — the equivalent of the population of a medium-sized town.
The Cabinet Office minister was on Thursday pressed by businesses that send goods across borders to provide more cash to help them recruit and train the army of form-fillers needed to process the red tape spawned when Britain exits the transition period on January 1 2021.
Mr Gove was challenged by Labour MP Justin Madders to confirm that 50,000 people would be required to handle the customs declarations needed for trade with the EU and whether it was feasible to recruit them in such a short space of time.
“Yes it is and the government stand behind that,” Mr Gove said. The minister’s allies said that although the 50,000 figure was an industry estimate, it was “not far off” the workforce likely to be needed to fill in customs forms.
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Other link to same story - https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news...uiG2?li=AA54rU
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