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Nobody I've talked with in Geneva talks of the UK as a saviour of the world trade system, they see Brexit as being nationalist and protectionist. But only too happy if the UK wants to be constructive in the WTO, some point out we have done this in the past
Good news, UK team in Geneva is well respected. Unfortunately what people hear from Westminster doesn't seem to be realistic - and it is being followed quite closely.
Should probably add, no great optimism about prospects for WTO in near future. As ever, entirely unrepresentative sample...
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Important thread. Key points are that there are months needed to work out the detail of the customs compromise being discussed, and unclear how you establish the base for these talks, and for the subsequent months and years to build the system, plus...
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In theory the solution offers the chance for the UK to make our own trade deals. In practice, it may be very difficult to do so while all this is being discussed, and not impossible to see end state of, as per the original deal, a UK-EU Customs Union.
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I seem to have been reading variants on this headline for three years
I once heard on reasonable authority that the reason PM May came round to deal over no deal was security warnings. Looks like history may be repeating...
And in the detail, the plan for the spin... I suspect one side has moved rather a lot more than the other, but let's see if the detail can in fact be worked out
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I suspect there will be plenty of Brexit takes over the coming days, @rolandmcs always finds interesting angles...
@rolandmcs From @PatLeahyIT - my own view is that while the outlines of a deal can be seen, there is a lot of detail to put in place, which could affect the Westminister vote - my example would be how to administer agriculture quotas in Northern Ireland irishtimes.com/news/politics/…
@rolandmcs @PatLeahyIT Then there's the wider packaging of any Brexit deal to provide a narrative to both sides... NB you'd think Johnson must have the advantage over May on this one but issue is different domestic audiences
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