Geographical Indications in the Withdrawal Agreement. A really big issue for the US in trade agreements.
Hence why various ERG reports plus the Alternative Arrangements Commission suggested their removal.
Hence why various ERG reports plus the Alternative Arrangements Commission suggested their removal.
If you're wondering why that's a big deal - there's a lot of money in agricultural trade.
For good measure the US expect a UK-EU Free Trade Agreement would be conditional on UK signing up to provisions making a US deal hard. And I think the US are right.
For good measure the US expect a UK-EU Free Trade Agreement would be conditional on UK signing up to provisions making a US deal hard. And I think the US are right.
Also, although Johnson has given remain a last chance in the election (which they're currently determined to throw away by infighting), he's also given no-deal a last chance as well. Johnson is quite capable of denouncing his own deal.
Hence I slightly disagree with Sam. Pretty common actually for trade geeks to disagree when you get into the detail.
