Is this the same WTO stance that was never mentioned or campaigned on in the referendum? Having that stance doesn't make what was said about zero checks and frictionless trade any less of a lie.Colburn_Claret wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 1:10 pmNot really when they also said they were prepared to walk away with a WTO scenario.
It all highlights the problem with the EU. You cant have a one shoe fits all economic policy, or environmental policy, or any other kind of policy. Someone always gains, and someone always loses . We need the flexibility of independence to negotiate the waters of the world.
You can't have a one size fits all policy that will please everyone for anything in society, from local councils to the EU so we find the least worst solution with the most collective benefits. Trade deals have always been about balancing the gains and losses. Except now outside a united bloc we have far less negotiating power against every country we look to deal and will have to eat far more losses for the similar gains. On top of this we now have implemented costly and time consuming checks with our biggest and closest market. Checks and restrictions we were repeatedly promised would never occur.