Thread: UK & EU Agree Post-Brexit Trade Deal
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Old 30-03-2020, 18:23   #2753
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Re: [Updated] The UK’s future relationship with the EU
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Originally Posted by jonbxx View Post
You are absolutely right in once we have completely left the EU, we can set any standards we want. At present, as you say, we are fully aligned with EU standards and if we produce goods that do not conform with those standards, there is a dispute system in place.

However, what happens if we decide to change our standards, for example. letting the famous chlorinated chicken in? All of a sudden, we are no longer aligned and goods will be stopped at the border and cannot be sold. This of course works both ways - the EU could change standards making goods produced in the EU unsellable in the UK.

Without a dynamic alignment, there could be many banana skins down the line
But nobody's suggesting that the EU should take in chlorinated chicken. WE might (or might not) wish to do so, but I don't see what business that is of the EU. They only have to specify the standards expected of the goods THEY import.

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Originally Posted by nomadking View Post
So the EU aren't going to be planning additional new rules? It's also about what can be sold where. Something that is sold in the UK should be subject to UK rules, just as something sold in the EU is subject to EU rules. Nobody has a problem with that. The Eu is trying to insist that products sold in the UK should be subject to EU rules and jurisdiction, and all without having a say on those rules in the first place.
Precisely! Got it in one!

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
It’s not that I haven’t understood you all the first time(s) it’s that I think your stances are extremely pointless and outweighed by the huge economic uncertainty we are already in.
It's not pointless unless you enjoy being bullied by the EU. We should be allowed to buy and sell to whomever we please without having to abide by the EU's dictats. Brexit would not be viable if we just kept within EU rules.

The EU can only prescribe the standards of goods imported by them. It is none of their business from next year what we import from and export to other countries.
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