Thread by @eddwilson

The UK put its proposed tariff schedule to other WTO members on 22 July 2018, which might seem ludicrously late.

Did anybody at the BBC notice?

At least seven countries have lodged major objections to the proposal.

Shouldn't that be considered news?

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Here's the official UK attempt to establish an independent position in the WTO. There are no supporting documents.

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https://twitter.com/JulianUNWTO/status/1021724571110699009

And here's a decent journalist's thread on the subject of the UK's position in the WTO, with the documentation.

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https://twitter.com/bbaschuk/status/1021869965539008518

Now an early indication of other countries' objections (though the were raised last year in informal presentations).

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uk.reuters.com/article/uk-bri…

And detail of those objections.

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https://twitter.com/CoppetainPU/status/1020346330458271744

And here's some detail of the "WTO option".

chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-my…

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