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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Foremost, the EU needs to protect the Single Market. So if the UK wants tariff-free access, which some Brexiters still believe the UK is automatically entitled to; courtesy of British exceptionalism;
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What bollocks, nobody believes we are “entitled” and it is nothing to do with “British exceptionalism” which I haven’t seen any evidence of. There’s been plenty of EU exceptionalism however.
We just want a deal based on trade and equivalence of product standards, which is what you expect from a trade deal.
The EU are adding a political dimension to it, and it has bugger all with protecting the “single market” and everything to do with control and anti-competition. The EU is the biggest protectionist outfit on the planet.
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some form of level playing field agreement does not look unreasonable.
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Yes it does. We can agree not to lessen standards from this point, but if we want to diverge away from EU legislation in the future it is reasonable and correct, as long as our product is still has equivalence. What the EU want is anti-competitive.
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Fishing rights should be solvable. UK fishermen have woken up to their EU markets effectively ending with no deal so should be willing to accept a phased approach here.
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Why, don’t EU residents eat fish?
If they don’t buy our fish, I can see the headlines already as EU seafood restaurants hike prices or go out of business because they can’t get enough fish and Atlantic Shrimp.
Don’t be daft.