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Alex is right.

Though of course the whole point of a UK-US trade deal to certain Brexiteer ultras is to cement divergence from the EU in areas like food standards (and there's big money behind this from the US)
Though I'd take issue with the statement "The US may offer the biggest prizes" - I don't think a trade deal with the US offers that much to the UK economically because we already have such a strong trading relationship, and the US doesn't offer much extra in trade deals
Apologies for repost - error in my original tweet "divergence from the US" should have been "divergence from the EU"
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As the 'experts' have been saying since the deal was signed, despite repeated ministerial denials.

You really can't fudge international treaties as you can parliamentary answers.

And the Withdrawal Agreement as a whole has still never been properly scrutinised.
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@GeorgePeretzQC International treaties like trade agreements have far-reaching consequences. That is why it is common practice to produce independent impact assessments. Unfortunately the UK government has chosen secrecy and bluster instead - persistently.
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Johnson does not want to be scrutinised in an election, does not want to be scrutinised in government as we've already seen. Whether cowardice, arrogance, or something else, this has to be worrying.
Since Labour is obviously also in a mess in this election, I suspect the best thing everyone can do in this election is to vote for the local candidate best able to provide proper scrutiny - bearing in mind that both Labour and Conservatives have many good candidates.
Not forgetting of course now independent candidates. The likes of Dominic Grieve, David Gauke and Frank Field have at different times demonstrated a stubborn desire to hold the executive to account, and we need more of this in the next Parliament - where we face big decisions.
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Sam is too polite. This is another dreadful and unrealistic article. You can just start with the paragraph below - if the EU need to understand the UK regulatory system for a trade deal they can't - because we don't know what it will be yet brexitcentral.com/dont-believe-t…
You can start with the ambition of a tariff and quota free deal but that doesn't mean on day one that's where the negotiation starts. And if the UK tariff are as per those for no-deal we've already got rid of most so the EU will face more competition anyway
I await with eager anticipation the world adopting equivalence in regulations to reduce barriers to trade. Don't think it's happening any time soon, there are individual initiatives (@alanbeattie has written about how take up of some has been zero)
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