I thought you were off to the Schwarzwald since you're learning German.
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No it doesn't, like a said the devil's in the detail. For instance how much of a hindrance is it for third world countries to bring their wares up to EU standards.
Probably not the case when turning a blind eye to children mining lithium
oh dear, you are conflating non tariff barriers with tariffs.
The U.K. used to have virtually frictionless trade with the EU as it was part of the worlds largest internal market.
No other international trade anywhere offered such seamless trade opportunities.
We also had considerable alignment on services
We chose to leave and have non tariff trade barriers that are requirements of WTO and occur between any country.
by the way the EU is a top trade partner with every major economy in the world, it has 0% tariffs on 70% of goods and average of under 4% on the rest.
Please could you go and actually learn some facts, your ignorance is tiresome
Thank you for providing zero evidence to support your argument
So I presume your claim was built entirely on uninformed opinion.
Yes it does.
if you want to claim EU has unfair protectionism, you need to make comparisons with other trade blocs
its meaningless to say “EU is protectionist”
Which countries or trade blocs dont turn a blind eye
You said it caused MASSIVE trade barriers, you not think you might be slightly exaggerating, it's not like it's not something your prone to doing.
What's that got to do with it, can we concentrate on your wunderbar (German lessons for you) EU.
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This getting overlooked notchy?
The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
An agreement between the EU and UK that sets out preferential arrangements in trade that go beyond free trade agreements to preserve longstanding cooperation.
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No, you are just lying now.
How dense do you have to be to get the moniker Denso.
What did he say again?
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You have lost the right to work. Which you have. You don't have that right anymore. You now need someone else's permission that you didn't need before.
It's obvious.
Brexit provided opportunities to do things differently but those opportunities have so far not been exploited. It is a lot easier for a giant Japanese car company to make the Brexit transition than it is for a small food and drink exporting company faced with loads more red tape. But while it is convenient for those who have never quite got over being on the losing side in the referendum to brand Brexit a disaster, the reality is that it hasn’t been. Covid-19 scarred the economy deeply and the long-term costs of ill health and children missing out on school will grow over time. Even so, Brexit Britain has recovered more strongly than either France or Germany from the pandemic. Relative performance matters. The rejoin camp tends not to focus on what is happening on the other side of the Channel, and it is not hard to see why.The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
An agreement between the EU and UK that sets out preferential arrangements in trade that go beyond free trade agreements to preserve longstanding cooperation.
That argument cannot be made today. Over a prolonged period, not just since the arrival of Covid-19, the EU’s economic performance has been woeful.
Fifteen years ago, the US and EU economies were of a similar size; today America’s is a third bigger. Fluctuations in exchange rates account for some of the difference, but the US is at the cutting edge of the fourth industrial revolution and the EU is not...In 2000, the EU had a 25% share in the semiconductor market: today it is 8%. The US and China are streets ahead of Europe in the development of artificial intelligence.
A number of factors are to blame for the EU’s economic woes. The one-size-fits-all nature of the single currency is one; the lack of a federal budget to match in size that of the US is another; the adherence to neoliberal economic ideas– such as tough controls on the size of budget deficits – a third. The problems go right to the heart of the EU. Its biggest economy – Germany – is expected to contract this year and has been left with a €60bn black hole in the public finances after the country’s constitutional court ruled against the coalition government’s spending plans.
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But he didn't say you needed someone else's permission though did he.
What part of that don't you understand?
He's in full troll mode
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