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Hugh, you're an utter tool. We're going to be a 3rd country after Brexit. It is not in the gift of the EU to dictate to EU Member states their immigration policy with regards citizens of a 3rd country.

The idiocy of this lot knows no bounds.
To clarify, the Commision cannot issue a dictat on the future relationship of British citizens in member states.

It could propose legislation which would be open to amendment or rejection in the EU Parliament and the Council where member states are represented by Govt ministers.
It is therefore not in the gift of the EU to issue a unilateral guarantee as whatever the Commision proposed it would still be up to MEPs and member States representatives Council as to the full detail and extent of any guarantee.
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@_HenryBolton This complete nonsense. The 20% figure is pure fantasy.

On the majority of goods imported into the UK tariffs don't apply because they are imported:

1 From EU
2 From FTA partners at 0%
3 From developing countries at 0%
4 Under a tariff quota at 0%
5 On a 0% tariff rating anyway
@_HenryBolton Before the UK joined the EEC in 1973 we had tariffs and quota restrictions on non-Commonwealth and even some Commonwealth goods that were higher than the EEC's Common External Tariff, and after Brexit we will still have tariffs. The Dept of Intl Trade has no plans to reduce them.
@_HenryBolton EU tariff rates are on the more liberal side compared to other nations and because of EU Trade preferences and free trade deals they do mot apply in many cases.

The World Bank published a report on trade preferences a few months ago.

documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/655…
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@MikeAnson @mkaftermidnight @_JamieWhyte "designed to exclude developing country producers in many product categories"

This is complete rubbish.

This is the UN"s list of Least Developed Countries from UNCTAD (United Nations Trade and Development).

unctad.org/en/Pages/ALDC/…
@MikeAnson @mkaftermidnight @_JamieWhyte Here is a map showing those same countries in blue. Botswana, in green, used to be on the list,

All of these countries automatically qualify for the EU's Everything But Arms programme (EBA) under which all of their exports enter the EU completely tariff-free and quota-free.
@MikeAnson @mkaftermidnight @_JamieWhyte EBA is part of the EU's Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) scheme. Various developed nations have their own version of GSP.

And here, from UNCTAD, is a document which describes each of those GSP programmes and the beneficiary countries.

unctad.org/en/Publication…
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Before Christmas, Tim Martin of Wetherspoons sent a latter to every MP in the House of Commons. Here is a copy that was sent to me anonymously.

As you might expect me to say there are a number of points, regarding tariffs, that I do not feel accurately represent reality
Mr Martin's letter was issued following his appearance on the BBC's Politics Live programme on 17/12/2018 (from about ~36 minutes in). Panelists on the programme labelled Mr Martin's claims ridiculous. Which indeed they were.

bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
I've decided to send my own letter to Members of Parliament, in response to Mr Martin's claims. Unlike Mr Martin, I have tried to reference all of the salient points I make with suitable links.

So here is my letter in PDF format: drive.google.com/file/d/1d24eH2…
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