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David Henig
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Vacuous and dangerous - and unbelievable that the man about to be Prime Minister can miss the point so spectacularly. There is no analogy whatsoever between the moon landing and borders. If there was they could also have been solved 50 years ago. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
The core paragraphs. At its core the problem is peace in the land of which he is about to be PM, not "technical and logistical" and therefore technology never can be and never will be the "solution" to peace. As the briefings Johnson will receive on Wednesday will make clear
Final point. The FTA we will negotiate will contain conditions we don't like - because at the real heart of the UK's Brexit difficulties is dealing with other countries with their own interests. Time for jokes is over, as someone better learn quickly. ecipe.org/blog/isolation…
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David Henig
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This debate rather passed me by, and I suspect it will rather pass most MPs by, but there are some critical questions, none more than 'why FTAs with US, Australia, New Zealand'? No convincing rationale has ever been offered, given these are already relatively open economies.
Second fundamental trade question, why do we want trade agreements? What are our particular exporting sectors, or rather, what will they be in the years to come, and what barriers that can be addressed do we seek to remove?
Third question, what do we have to offer to trade agreement partners in exchange for what we want? Do we want to retain some high tariffs so they can be bargained away, or not? Otherwise we are pretty open as an economy except in terms of visas. Is that our big offer?
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David Henig
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Many words will be written and spoken about Brexit and Boris Johnson but there's only one fundamental choice - accept the conditions that come with a relationship with the EU, or go for a long term no-deal position, likely to mean early general election of uncertain outcome
You can negotiate the EU's conditions a bit. But there's no choice where we get everything we want, with no conditions. GATT24 isn't going to save you, or any WTO agreements, or calling the Irish border a fictional problem, or whatever the invention of the day is
No-deal is also not a sustainable end state, as a trading nation we will need deals with our nearest trading partners, with their conditions, and they will happen with a change of Government. So the real choice we're facing is accept an EU deal comes with conditions now or later
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David Henig
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Good and realistic reading. Yet again looks like a Liam Fox valedictory, the detail doesn't seem to chime with the Johnson 'believe harder' agenda. And like so much trade policy too much focus on Free Trade Agreements not enough on the other tools available
Well this is awkward, but perhaps if the relevant members of Congress believe harder then a UK-US trade deal can still happen (more likely incidentally is a 'trade' deal which is about cooperation rather than tariff removal etc)
Anyway, thoughts at this time with the officials who have to write the Brexit briefing notes for new Ministers, balancing being helpful, with also having to explain a few realities. Treasury must be particularly looking forward to this given some suggestions of Ministers there
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Not even PM yet, but already Johnson is toxifying national debate. Seeing the manner in which normally fairly reasonable people are jumping to his defence today is extremely dispiriting.
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