Britain outside the EU

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by nomadking

I assume all the Eastern European shops(eg Polish) are having difficulty getting their stock into this country? Or are we too soft.

They are our people now, why would we make life difficult for them / we aren't France.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by jonbxx

We should have words with our representative for fisheries when that shellfish ban was decided and brought in back in 2011. It was a Mr Nigel Farage I believe...

Good idea. Maybe David Frost can have a word in his shell, like?

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

They are our people now, why would we make life difficult for them / we aren't France.

It's British business that we seem to be making things incredibly difficult for. This last-minute deal is fraying at the seams

Call for UK to rethink £1bn Brexit red tape plan for chemicals

Letter from 25 industry leaders warns that new regulatory system risks driving business overseas

In a strongly worded letter, seen by the Financial Times, 25 business heads said they remained “extremely concerned” about current plans for a new system of chemicals regulation, and warned it would “hit UK industry hard across a range of manufacturing sectors”.

Boris Johnson’s government is now facing protests from various sectors as the impact of the Brexit trade deal becomes clearer, ranging from musicians to shellfish exporters and traders in Northern Ireland.

But the criticism of plans to set up a British version of “Reach” — the EU system for registering chemicals — pits ministers against a broad swath of manufacturing, from chemical companies to their customers in sectors such as cars, aerospace, food and drink, steel and perfume.

The letter, addressed to ministers including chancellor Rishi Sunak, business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng and environment secretary George Eustice, estimates the cost for complying with the new rules “at around £1bn” and calls on the government to adopt “a more proportionate, effective and efficient” UK Reach model to avoid causing serious harm.“

Perversely, this cost to industry for compliance for one jurisdiction will be double the £500m UK companies have already spent over the past decade in complying with EU Reach and its, now, 27 markets,” the letter adds.

It warns that UK Reach, as currently legislated for, could “lead to potential additional and repetitive animal testing” and that it could become uneconomic to register some lower quantity substances in the UK.

https://www.ft.com/content/b28a44fc-...9-683f174b13be

[nomadking]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

They are our people now, why would we make life difficult for them / we aren't France.

Why should that mean that Eastern European products, ie EU, can be brought into the UK any easier?

[1andrew1]

Import red tape kicks in from April and July this year.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...it-checks-loom

[Sephiroth]

I'd better stock up on my sour cucumbers and Polish mustard.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

I'd better stock up on my sour cucumbers and Polish mustard.

And your shares. Hopefully, this proves more symbolic than economic.

Amsterdam ousts London as Europe’s top share trading hub

UK’s departure from the EU prompts shift in dealing of stocks and derivatives

Amsterdam surpassed London as Europe’s largest share trading centre last month as the Netherlands scooped up business lost by the UK since Brexit.

An average €9.2bn shares a day were traded on Euronext Amsterdam and the Dutch arms of CBOE Europe and Turquoise in January, a more than fourfold increase from December. The surge came as volumes in London fell sharply to €8.6bn, dislodging the UK from its historic position as the main hub for the European market, according to data from CBOE Europe.

The shift was prompted by a ban on EU-based financial institutions trading in London because Brussels has not recognised UK exchanges and trading venues as having the same supervisory status as its own.

https://www.ft.com/content/3dad4ef3-...3-f629a5b7d0aa

[jonbxx]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

I'd better stock up on my sour cucumbers and Polish mustard.

Mmmm, Kabanosy, kielbasa, mustard, pierogi, weird Jaffa Cakes.... I love my local Polish shop!

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by jonbxx

Mmmm, Kabanosy, kielbasa, mustard, pierogi, weird Jaffa Cakes.... I love my local Polish shop!

I had the privilege of living there for three years in the 1990s.
My favourite, of course, was the curry house in Warsaw run by a Singaporean with a Polish partner. I used to take coriander to them from the UK in exchange for free meals! Can't do that now.

Anticipating Gexit might be a little premature, however the EU’s vaccine debacle hasn’t gone down at all well in the Fatherland, where good opinion of the EU is increasingly hard to find.

Polling was conducted for Der Spiegel: https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausla...6-3382756eb394 (in German, obvs)

Guido has a summary in English: https://order-order.com/2021/02/12/g...cine-disaster/

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

And your shares. Hopefully, this proves more symbolic than economic.

https://www.ft.com/content/3dad4ef3-...3-f629a5b7d0aa

I suspect that Amsterdam's sudden superiority will be quickly displaced. Our new trade deals will include financial services, which will be a huge advantage to us over the EU trade deals, which concentrated on goods only.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I suspect that Amsterdam's sudden superiority will be quickly displaced. Our new trade deals will include financial services, which will be a huge advantage to us over the EU trade deals, which concentrated on goods only.

Which trade deals do you have in mind, Old Boy?

[pip08456]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Which trade deals do you have in mind, Old Boy?

These ones perhaps?

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-trade...n-eu-countries

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by pip08456

These ones perhaps?

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-trade...n-eu-countries

Thanks, but I was really looking to hear about trade deals which included financial services.

[pip08456]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Thanks, but I was really looking to hear about trade deals which included financial services.

No problem.

Following the EU-UK withdrawal agreement, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland needed to secure trade deals and financial agreements with other countries to secure trading partners for the future.

So far, fully ratified trade agreements of the United Kingdom have been made with the following countries and took effect from January 1st, 2021:

Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Chile
Côte d’Ivoire
Eastern and Southern Africa trade bloc
Ecuador
Faroe Islands
Georgia
Israel
Japan
Kosovo
Liechtenstein
Moldova
Morocco
Palestinian Authority
South Korea
Southern Africa Customs Union and Mozambique trade bloc
Switzerland
Tunisia
Ukraine

[Sephiroth]

I don't see financial services in any of those agreements mentioned in the source site. Switzerland deal includes financial services. Also Brazil, not in the list but:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/u...on%20in%202020.