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OK let's look at this for a second. Shall we? In simple terms, well 1st neither of the countries Daniel mentions has a land border with the EU or are in direct competition on fisheries. Neither of those agreements was breaking ties then trying to rebind without standards etc. 1/7
Secondly we have the whole piece of geography and trade gravity and how EU-UK trades more goods with each other than the other two countries combined do with the EU. So any changes which unduly affect either side are a big game changers. That's why they are both digging in 2/7
Then there is time. EU-Japan started making moves 18 yrs ago.
Mutual Recognition Agreement 2002, Anti-competitive Activities Agreement, Science & Technology Agreement 2009, etc etc & it STILL took 4 years to get an FTA agreed & implemented for a lot less trade 3/7
Mutual Recognition Agreement 2002, Anti-competitive Activities Agreement, Science & Technology Agreement 2009, etc etc & it STILL took 4 years to get an FTA agreed & implemented for a lot less trade 3/7
For those followers who got up early this morning to hear me speak on @BBCr4today my apologies - they bumped me overnight. For those interested in what I had to say - here goes. Question was what do we mean by borders, checks, and how can they work without infrastructure? /1
Lots of people talking about Customs borders, regulatory borders, hard borders, soft borders, seamless borders, internal borders, external borders. Checks for different reasons - health, safety, security, customs, tariffs, and so on. Nothing on the #commontravelarea at all. /2
The CTA enables people who enter either UK or IE to be checked at airports ports and harbours of each island by either an Irish Immigration Officer or a UK Border Force Officer and then move freely between the islands. Enforcement is conducted away from the border, internally. /3
🚛🐟 Brexit No Deal Alert 🐟🚛
1/11 - I had a really useful informative meeting with the NI Fisheries Brexit team at @daera_ni in #Downpatrick today. They are planning for a No Deal #brexit on 31 October
Here’s what will happen...
1/11 - I had a really useful informative meeting with the NI Fisheries Brexit team at @daera_ni in #Downpatrick today. They are planning for a No Deal #brexit on 31 October
Here’s what will happen...
2/11 - On Day 1 of ‘no deal’ all NI fish exports to EU must be accompanied by a Catch Certificate. At present UK processes approx 300 Catch Certs a year. No Deal will increase this to at least 200,000 a year
3/11 - The Catch Cert also means Transport Details required as per below including truck details for transit. In modern supply chains, this can change quickly and frequently
