WTO RULES state that you can’t treat other nations more favourably in trade deals. So, the EU be in breach of their own international Treaties to accept the Chequers Accord. This is highly unlikely; they’d have to make these same allowances for more than 50 other countries. /2
Central to WTO rules is, to trade favourably, then a country must have a hard border to control good entering & leaving the country (as ratified by all 164 WTO members). S.10 of the EUWA18 makes this impossible: the UK can’t create a hard border in Ireland (protecting the GFA)./3
Accordingly, if we leave the EU with no deal, we would be subject to the highest external tariff regime for every country within in the WTO; it would also be impossible for the UK to negotiate FTAs to ease these extortionate tariffs, hence devastating UK exporters & importers. /4
Reality check: ATM the only UK Govt proposal is to ask the EU to break its international Treaties and agreements or we leave with no deal on worst possible terms for the UK (WTO). From 1990 to 2016 the UK economy grew by 68% (faster than the G7). The WTO is unelected!! /5
