We import more food than we export, across every single product category (opposite is true of beverages).
We depend on the EU for 26% of all our food, and for 57.8% (26/45) of all our food imports.
Brexit has just erected massive barriers to that trade.
gov.uk/government/sta…
We depend on the EU for 26% of all our food, and for 57.8% (26/45) of all our food imports.
Brexit has just erected massive barriers to that trade.
gov.uk/government/sta…
At the moment, Brexit barriers are predominantly one way, because we're not yet checking incoming goods.
But we are due to implement partial checks from April (if that happens) and full checks from July (again, assuming we don't drag our feet).
Trade will become even harder.
But we are due to implement partial checks from April (if that happens) and full checks from July (again, assuming we don't drag our feet).
Trade will become even harder.
Let's be clear what's going on.
The EU has two sets of rules. One set for members. The other for third countries, ie non-members.
(We helped write those rules while we were an EU member. We know exactly what they are.)
Now, having left, the third country rules apply to us too.
The EU has two sets of rules. One set for members. The other for third countries, ie non-members.
(We helped write those rules while we were an EU member. We know exactly what they are.)
Now, having left, the third country rules apply to us too.
It's as simple as that.
The EU isn't punishing us for leaving.
The EU isn't burdening the UK with special red tape & processes cooked up just for us.
No, it is merely applying third country rules - rules that we helped draw up - to a third country.
Nothing more, nothing less.
The EU isn't punishing us for leaving.
The EU isn't burdening the UK with special red tape & processes cooked up just for us.
No, it is merely applying third country rules - rules that we helped draw up - to a third country.
Nothing more, nothing less.
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