The snake oil saleswoman lied again...
"Liz Truss has been accused of misleading MPs and the public over her new Japan trade deal, because all the tariff “wins” are for goods the UK does not export to the country anyway.
Just 10 of 9,444 products will enjoy lower taxes, experts say, a list of obscure items such as birds’ eggs, raw hides, fur skins, handbags and ultra-strong spirits of at least 90 per cent alcohol.
Crucially, none of the 10 have been sold to Japan for at least three years – which means the gain to British exporters is “zero”, the study has found.
Yet Ms Truss claimed the “historic” Japan deal had achieved “strong tariff reductions on key agricultural products like pork, beef and salmon [that] will benefit farmers and food exporters”.
"The reality was that “the UK has been sailing into the wind throughout the negotiations to get back to its starting point”
“She has a bad habit of over-promising and under-delivering on trade deals, then trying to fill the gap with these misleading claims.”
That's brexit for you - the gift that keeps on giving
"Liz Truss has been accused of misleading MPs and the public over her new Japan trade deal, because all the tariff “wins” are for goods the UK does not export to the country anyway.
Just 10 of 9,444 products will enjoy lower taxes, experts say, a list of obscure items such as birds’ eggs, raw hides, fur skins, handbags and ultra-strong spirits of at least 90 per cent alcohol.
Crucially, none of the 10 have been sold to Japan for at least three years – which means the gain to British exporters is “zero”, the study has found.
Yet Ms Truss claimed the “historic” Japan deal had achieved “strong tariff reductions on key agricultural products like pork, beef and salmon [that] will benefit farmers and food exporters”.
"The reality was that “the UK has been sailing into the wind throughout the negotiations to get back to its starting point”
“She has a bad habit of over-promising and under-delivering on trade deals, then trying to fill the gap with these misleading claims.”
That's brexit for you - the gift that keeps on giving