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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
It was the only deal on offer, and to my mind, the sooner we withdraw from it, the better. The more the EU turns the screws, the more likely that the Johnson government will withdraw.
The EU needs to be careful not to overplay its hand.
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That's not an option without a negotiated alternative in place eg GB also joins the EU single market for manufactured goods.
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
I don't agree with you that leaving without a deal would have breached the GFA. That was EU spin, imo. It would have stirred the pot, somewhat - but no deal is not a breach. The breach would occur if the perfidious EU erected a border between the two. It really should have been chucked back to the EU to sort out.
I totally blame Mrs May as I said earlier in the thread.
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WTO membership would require both the UK and EU to erect a hard border on the island of Ireland. That's a fact, not an opinion. Why on Earth did you think that Theresa May and Boris went to all this trouble to negotiate specific arrangements for Northern Ireland?
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BELFAST (Reuters) - World Trade Organization (WTO) rules are clear that checks would be required between EU-member Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland if Britain crashed out of the bloc without an exit deal, the minister for the region said on Monday.
“The fact is that the WTO is very clear that if there are two different customs territories, checks have to be able to be carried out on a contemporaneous basis on consignments passing between the two territories,” Karen Bradley told reporters.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-b...-idUSKCN1NO18I