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In 2016, Boris Johnson spoke in typically persuasive fashion about Brexit at a rally in Dartford, arguing that, if we leave the EU, trade in food products between the EU and UK would continue to flow freely. See here around 11 mins:
He said, “All those who say that there would be barriers to trade with Europe …do you seriously believe that they would put up tariffs against UK produce of any kind when they know how much they want to sell us their cake, their champagne, their cheese…” 2/
Unfortunately, this is in fact what will happen in a no-deal Brexit. The EU has confirmed it will charge tariffs on all UK produce going to the EU. nfuonline.com/news/latest-ne… 3/
But they do indeed want to sell us their cheese, cakes, etc. And they’ll continue to, because the UK government intends to impose much lower tariffs than the EU on nearly all goods. And on things like grains, eggs, and fruit and veg - no tariffs at all! 4/
Here’s a handy graphic explaining the imbalance. 5/ 
There’s still time for the government to look at this again, and @nfutweets has written to the PM and asked him to review the no-deal import tariffs. 6/6
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