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There seem to be UK MPs confused about the difference between a single market and any other trade relationship, so for clarity:
Single market - shared regulations, no checks or restrictions.
Other relations - separate regulations, checks and restrictions.
Hope that helps them.
Single market - shared regulations, no checks or restrictions.
Other relations - separate regulations, checks and restrictions.
Hope that helps them.
Those MPs who are discovering for the first time that being outside a single market means more trade barriers might want to refer to David Frost - "all these [economic] studies exaggerate – in my view – the impact of non-tariff barriers" https://reaction.life/david-frost-speech-in-full-britains-brexit-position/
Fortunately there are solutions to restrictions on UK exports to the EU:
1 - find markets without restrictions
2 - keep same regulations as EU
3 - find something EU want and negotiate
4 - accept extra cost or lose business
5 - rejoin single market
Shouting loudly not an option.
1 - find markets without restrictions
2 - keep same regulations as EU
3 - find something EU want and negotiate
4 - accept extra cost or lose business
5 - rejoin single market
Shouting loudly not an option.
And just to complete this cut out and keep guide to trade and regulations, it should be noted that none of this is new, and the choice the UK government made was to accept barriers to exports. Which is usually worth the reminder.
PS leaving the single market was also the cause of the restrictions on musicians and other artists. Now they are suggesting we go for the option of seeking a new negotiation - good choice, much better than writing accusatory letters to the EU! https://twitter.com/WeAreTheMU/status/1358816996159348736
PPS It is suggested to me that if MPs had been able to properly scrutinise the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU, or there was a proper impact assessment, they might have known rather better the problems likely to arise...
