Thread by @hhesterm

Yes. There’s an institutional TCA structure. Yes, the Partnership Council will have to meet (and indeed soon because the deadline for provisional application needs to be moved). But let’s put this into context (thread)

https://twitter.com/AnnaJerzewska/status/1354079745626021889

Let’s start with the UK’s Association Agreement with Chile. Note that it has an institutional framework. There’s an Association Council. There’s an Association Committe. There are Special Committees. There’s the possibility to establish an Association Parliamentary Committee. /2

And there‘s a Joint Consultative Committee. And there’s a legal obligation to meet. Much like with the Partnership Council in the TCA. /3

So the UK-EU Agreement is not special in the regard of its institutional structure. However, what makes it more special is the following:
it’s governing a relationship with much more trade. That’s much closer than the Chile one. Requiring much more problem-solving.

So we could now say “no entanglement”. But that would not make the problems disappear.

We are stuck. With out neighbours. Which is not who we want to be stuck with, but if we’d move out and have NZ, OZ and AUS move in next to us, we’d have the same issues. Plus kangaroos.