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Originally Posted by Hugh
No, but the Single Market is worth more to them than trading with us on a Tariff-free basis.
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Regardless of how much stronger they are than us blah de bloody blah, what the “trade” talks now balance on isn’t about trade at all. The sticking points are political.
It may also dawn on them that a no deal will be damaging to them, it doesn’t matter one fig if it hurts us more than them, it will hurt them and now is not the time to be playing games with fragile economies for political ideals.
I would expect the council to be applying a little bit of pressure to the commission to find a way through this, as it is the member states leaders in the council that will have to explain to their industries why they are going to not do as well in the immediate future trading with the UK, not the unelected commissioners.