Look at the date of this story about no GB-EU sausage trade after Jan 1. Then wonder what happened next. If the expectation was the EU would change long-standing food import regulations, on what basis? (metro.co.uk/2020/02/18/bri…) 
Simply - January 1 is the biggest one day change in a country's trading relations in history.
On average, every day, the UK trades £2 billion of goods and services with the EU and closely connected countries.
The rules covering virtually all of that trade will change.
On average, every day, the UK trades £2 billion of goods and services with the EU and closely connected countries.
The rules covering virtually all of that trade will change.
I reckon the UK-EU trade flow is the second largest globally. Whatever happens with deal or no deal, the change from permissive to rules based trade is going to have a huge effect (and if it didn't all trade liberalisation is worthless).
The percentage of people in the UK, including prominent politicians, who haven't realised that increasing barriers for 50% of UK trade would have an impact, suggests we didn't need to be told a lot of people don't understand economics ft.com/content/938212…
Is it not in fact the policy of this UK government to ignore economics as it relates to the proximity of the UK to the EU?
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