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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
About the hormone treated Canadian beef: do you want that or not?
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Badenoch has ruled it out. It can't get into the UK food supply chain as it would be problematical for Northern Ireland's borders with GB and IE.
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
It certainly highlights a problem with specific countries after Brexit. But surely not "all".
The trade-off for Brexit is sovereignty vs the EU umbrella. As we chose sovereignty, all we need is a competent government.
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I think a key issue is that the trade deals are not rolled over indefinitely. As we're a smaller player than the EU, we stand a chance of getting a poorer deal or no deal at all (hopefully less common) when they're up for renegotiation. In terms of what we can offer in trade deals to other countries, our hands are tied due to the need to have no border between Northern Ireland and GB and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The sovereignty box may be ticked but the reality on the ground is somewhat different.