Brexit

[Muddy Retriever]

Not according to America we’re not ��

https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/e...united-kingdom

According to the ONS the UK has a large trading surplus over the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...United_Kingdom

And as I said it has an overall surplus with non-EU countries and a large deficit with the EU.

[Fellbeast]

We weren’t allowed by the EU to negotiate any trade deals until we’d left so make that a little more than 7 months.

One of many bonkers David Davies quotes, this one from January 2017:

“We can't actually sign until the day we leave. But I've got a very strong suspicion there will be a lot of things to sign that very next day.”

🙄🙄

[Witton Park]

We already had a great trade deal with Japan as part of the EU though. But fair play, one down after 4 years - crack on and we might have two by 2024

The problem with deals signed via the EU is that they are for the group, not for us specifically. So we get things we don't want and don't get things we want.

The potential for UK and Japan to work together on Finance is huge.

[Fellbeast]

The EU have just said:

"Should the UK authorities breach – or threaten to breach – the Withdrawal Agreement, through the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill in its current form or in any other way, the European Parliament will, under no circumstances, ratify any agreement between the EU and the UK."

Our trade with the EU is currently worth something like £660 billion; Japan is on the other hand something like £30 billion 🙄

[Llani Boy]

So what. See you EU, you're toast!

[Stagger]

So what. See you EU, you're toast!

Llani for PM and chief negotiator.

Bye bye brexit, bye bye eu.

[Stagger]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e2R24uY5CeU

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rT1HEXNI9c4

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=41BGsTsidwk

[mr brightside]

Barnier and his cronies are living in the past. They have no power over us beyond what we as a stand alone nation allow.

The Polish community cannot live without their crazy snacks and spicy sausage, Spanish restaurants always want Scottish langoustine it's the finest there is, Staropramen will not refuse a licence to brew their awesome beer very badly in Nottingham. Life and trade will go on.