@sylviademars seems to take the view that I did..the way the NI protocol is drafted with reference to the applicability of the Union Customs Code is that it will apply too all material goods UNLESS the EU and U.K. manage to agree exceptions
Me: Arms folded. Foot tapping-waiting
Me: Arms folded. Foot tapping-waiting
This is why you have experts and Select Committees and ample time set aside for Parliamentary debate in a collegiate way BEFORE YOU SIGN AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY.
Instead it begins to click when it is done and they turn to experts bleating “Get me out of this”..
Instead it begins to click when it is done and they turn to experts bleating “Get me out of this”..
The 3rd tweet in @mpc_1968 excellent & useful thread highlights another issue that’s troublesome
If the U.K. breaches the Treaty & just allows in goods between NI & GB etc as if they are all GB then there’s the potential that the UK will be in breach of WTO MFN re 3rd countries
If the U.K. breaches the Treaty & just allows in goods between NI & GB etc as if they are all GB then there’s the potential that the UK will be in breach of WTO MFN re 3rd countries
That is because 3rd countries trading under WTO terms or MFN clauses would be entitled to the same terms.
So would 3rd countries then slap on retaliatory tariffs if the U.K. did not extend to them the same conditions
So would 3rd countries then slap on retaliatory tariffs if the U.K. did not extend to them the same conditions
What about goods that come into Dover from Calais v the same goods from Calais that arrive in Cork & are then driven maybe to Larne & over to Holyhead.
The movement of those goods within the Island of Island is one thing
The movement of them from Larne in NI to Holyhead another
The movement of those goods within the Island of Island is one thing
The movement of them from Larne in NI to Holyhead another
One of the points that @AnnaJerzewska has been making is that, regardless of the UCC default there is a mountain of nuts and bolts to be worked out and agreed.
And very little time to do so without a time extension.
And very little time to do so without a time extension.
As for dynamic alignment (or not).
Without dynamic alignment friction will increase to respond to the growing gap between UK standards - or indeed the risk of divergence given the U.K. intended reserved potential to do so.
Without dynamic alignment friction will increase to respond to the growing gap between UK standards - or indeed the risk of divergence given the U.K. intended reserved potential to do so.
Just for the icing on this problematic cake.
@sylviademars asks the question we’ve all been contemplating with a sinking feeling.
“What will the joint committee do if (NI) says that it no longer wants the protocol? Those are going to be the world’s most unpleasant discussions. “
@sylviademars asks the question we’ve all been contemplating with a sinking feeling.
“What will the joint committee do if (NI) says that it no longer wants the protocol? Those are going to be the world’s most unpleasant discussions. “
