Trade deals progress

[JohnD]

So far, not a single one has been signed. The Steel industry of Britain warns that 97% of its exports are currently covered by trade deals that will be lost if UK jumps off the no-deal cliff.

Of domestic sales, about half are to the car industry, whose problems, in the event of Rice-Pudd getting his way, we already know about.

but on the good news side:

"Britain intends shortly to sign trade deals with Switzerland, Chile, the Palestinian Authority and the Faroe Islands."

https://www.ft.com/content/ef08f6b4-23f3-11e9-b329-c7e6ceb5ffdf

 

[ellal]

So far, not a single one has been signed.

"Britain intends shortly to sign trade deals with Switzerland, Chile, the Palestinian Authority and the Faroe Islands."

Actually the Chile 'trade continuity agreement' was signed last week.

So, no better a deal than the one we currently have within the EU...

That will no doubt be the case for other 'trade continuity agreements'...

Thus nothing gained, but plenty lost!

 

[SirGalahad]

You will find that one solution is tearing up the GFA and having a hard border in NI.

Either politicians are thick or the public is but WTO rules means that you need to define and operate the border or you are in the same customs area so no need.

We want to go WTO then the EU and UK will define a hard patrolled border - no electronic equivalence will do. It cannot be a soft border - it's inspection.

Now there is a very strong pro Irish lobby in the US who have great influence over trade policy now the House has turned blue.

They have said any material change to the GFA will be incorporated into any US/UK Trade deal.

Rep Boyle raised without prompting UK-US trade deal: “If you renege, or you go back that does not affect just this current issue, but all future issues. You lose your credibility..we’re going to be looking at US-UK trade deal, so we’ll remember how good one’s credibility is.

 

[^woody^]

So far, not a single one has been signed.

Not at all surprising.

Especially considering that a EU member is not permitted to, FFS.

 

[ellal]

Not at all surprising.

Especially considering that a EU member is not permitted to, FFS.

Continuity agreements are allowed to be signed...

Do keep up!

 

[^woody^]

Continuity agreements are allowed to be signed...

Do keep up!

And yet the thread is about "Trade Deals".

 

[durhamplumber]

Either politicians are thick or the public is

Goes without saying,,,you think everyone is thick except you

 

[^woody^]

Continuity agreements are allowed to be signed...

Do keep up!

But if we enterain your inevitable, "they are the same" retort ... then

"At the end of last month the UK signed a trade continuity agreement with countries from Eastern and Southern Africa. The countries concerned are the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Zimbabwe. These countries had, in 2009, signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU)."

www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/uk-and-five-african-countries-sign-agreement-to-ensure-trade-continuity-after-brexit-2019-02-05/rep_id:4136

Worth £1.5b in 2017 apparently.

So your pimp is either wrong with the thread or he's wrong with the thread. Which is it?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

you think everyone is thick except you

And you think everyone is as thick as you.

 

[^woody^]

Is this thread still open?

Lol.

 

[motorbiking]

Why would a continuity deal change? It is by definition an extension of a current deal.

 

[charliegolf]

Why would a continuity deal change? It is by definition an extension of a current deal.

A continuity deal may be introduced to avoid the roof falling in while a deal which doesn't yet exist is argued over. The former will have an end date, the latter won't. It will be 'the deal'.

 

[durhamplumber]

And you think everyone is as thick as you.

Rofl...

 

[durhamplumber]

We want to go WTO then the EU and UK will define a hard patrolled border - no electronic equivalence will do. It cannot be a soft border - it's inspection.

A technology solution will be found to prevent hard border..Scrap GFA about as likely as in/,out ref 2 or bumping into moses down your knitting lesssons tonite.

 

[Vinty]

What I don't understand is that as most of the world is outside the EU and the EU imports millions of tons of goods from the rest of world how come the EU doesn't require a hard border to ensure that all these imports meet EU standards?
The amount of goods passing through the Ulster border on any given day is minute compared to all the other EU borders ,so why is tiny N.Ireland such a big problem.