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Re: Brexit-Transitional Period Ends 31/12/20
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
The WA states:
The UK's legal advisors would likely have advised that the EU are not negotiating in good faith and thus the WA falls to the extent that a trade deal would otherwise have enshrined - if you get my meaning.
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That’s not how treaties work, unless it’s explicitly stated as such in the treaty (and it isn’t).
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Originally Posted by Chris
Except that they aren’t.
The bill is worded so as to allow for a course of action, it does not implement that course of action. In circumstances such as these, the two are worlds apart. As drafted, it amounts to a threat, and taken in concert with other comments made over the weekend (no doubt all perfectly coordinated) is part of a strategy to pressure the EU into accepting that any permanent trade deal will not in any way leave the U.K. with a sort of associate membership status. Only once the EU drops its negotiating aim of keeping the U.K. aligned, will it be possible for a deal to be reached.
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Just to check I understand what you’re saying - the UK isn’t breaking a treaty, it’s only threatening to break a treaty if it doesn’t get what it wants?
What happens if it doesn’t get what it wants?
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