My favourite Brexit / trade niche - those in the UK who claim 6 months is easily sufficient to do a significant trade deal notwithstanding no other country having managed this before.
Cos we know better than the US, China, Japan, EU etc... and it isn't just Brexit supporters.
Cos we know better than the US, China, Japan, EU etc... and it isn't just Brexit supporters.
Does it never occur to those saying how easy it is to do a quick trade deal that we might lose out from doing so? That other countries took more time because they were taking more care to get what they needed?
Rhetorical questions. It clearly hasn't.
Rhetorical questions. It clearly hasn't.
What could be so difficult about just reducing tariffs? Well, the rules of origin to qualify for the reductions, making sure the proof doesn't cost more than the tariff, making sure our products are actually allowed in without extra costs etc etc.
We might not yet be experts.
We might not yet be experts.
I'm also not sure the government has yet realised that deal or no-deal absolutely every problem occurring in UK-EU trade after the end of the year can be blamed on them. Either because they got a bad deal or no-deal. Reality will be interesting (tough for business though) /end
