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What is described here is not what we proposed in #Malthouse, which does not rely on technology and instead uses existing customs simplifications and processes. news.sky.com/story/technolo…
What the article describes is in fact akin to what would be needed for the Government's proposed Facilitated Customs Arrangement (or frictionless "Schrodinger's" customs union) which would need to track every product in the economy to detemine its origin & destination.
That is because if all goods were not tracked under Facilitated Customs Arrangement the imported ones would be subject to national treatment discrimination which is a breach of the GATT agreement
So am told this was pretty spicy encounter...but it speaks to the extent that ERG @Jacob_Rees_Mogg @OwenPaterson have just had their heads in the sand on the political ground realities in Ireland - like them or not. 1/short thread
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg @OwenPaterson It is no good simply complaining that the Irish or the British governments are not putting their back into technical solutions for an invisible border - which exist nowhere on the planet btw.
The politics of the @BorderIrish are everything in this discussion. /2
The politics of the @BorderIrish are everything in this discussion. /2
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg @OwenPaterson @BorderIrish Every constituency on that border is Sinn Fein controlled.
You only need to scratch the surface for a second to know that there is no political will to make the fantasy tech border work.
This is as much a reality as camera gantries, drones and blockchain. /3
You only need to scratch the surface for a second to know that there is no political will to make the fantasy tech border work.
This is as much a reality as camera gantries, drones and blockchain. /3
