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Boris Johnson: “Obviously if we can’t, then we’ll have the very good option also of an Australian-style arrangement”

No deal is NOT an “Australian style arrangement”. It’s worse than the arrangement Australia has with the EU.

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https://twitter.com/RupertMyers/status/1278972972817092608

AN ‘AUSTRALIA-TYPE’ DEAL?

The British government has tried to disguise “no deal” by calling it an “Australian-type relationship”.

It’s a fig leaf that doesn’t work.

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tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2020/05/27/wto…

Australia doesn’t have a free trade agreement with the EU.

But it does have some agreements, including access to tariff quotas that are specifically for Australian agricultural exports.

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tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2020/05/27/wto…

Without an agreement, some British exports would have no access to the EU market via UK-specific tariff-quotas.

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tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2020/05/27/wto…

For several important agricultural products such as lamb, that would mean the UK being unable to export those products to the EU because the duty would be too high.

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tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2020/05/27/wto…

In order to have “Australian-type” access, the UK would have to reach agreement with Brussels. There would have to be some kind of deal.

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tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2020/05/27/wto…

Oh, and by the way, Australia and the EU are negotiating an FTA because …

“Australia is seeking an ambitious and comprehensive FTA with the EU to drive Australian exports, economic growth and job creation.”

An “Australian-style arrangement”

dfat.gov.au/trade/agreemen…

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