On that basis I'd welcome free trade with said neighbour, but I'm doing it for my benefit first of all. If my neighbour benefits as well that's a welcome byproduct. Standards in goods & services being traded would have to be equal but that doesn't mean I have to abide by all my neighbour's other laws.
Brexit supporters argue that for the UK to be able to do deals with other nations around the world and follow a truly non-EU aligned trade policy they need to leave the EU, the single market and the customs union. However, in an interconnected and interdependent global trading environment abandoning your trading allies in the EU isn’t always the best solution. However, using the concept of gravitational pull is the simplest way to explain how trade works – the closer nations are to one another on the map, the more trade will gravitate or flow in both directions. Likewise, the closer two nations are in terms of regulations, the more trade will be facilitated between those nations. The further nations are apart geographically and the more their regulatory frameworks differ the lower the gravitational pull in trade terms. So when Brexiteers claim that the EU is stopping the UK trading with India and Japan, China etc it just doesn’t hold true as there is very little natural trade pull between these countries and the UK. The size of those nations will mean that trade is larger than with smaller nations (if you can do a trade deal) but their size also means the UK won’t be in as strong a negotiating position as the EU is when doing trade deals. So the opportunity to increase trade is not as great as Hard Brexit supporters claim. The EU has also just completed a major trade deal with Japan, meaning that the UK will be less able to trade with Japan after Brexit than they would be if Brexit were cancelled. Regulatory agreements enhance trade so leaving the EU Customs Union will lessen the flow of UK exports and imports because of tariffs and administrative issues such as rules of origin, meaning you have to provide the paperwork to prove that the good was made in your country. Imports are important as that includes manufacturing parts and components and a lot of the food we eat. So, assuming that Brexit will happen, business people that import and export should like to see the UK stay in the EU customs union after Brexit because it facilitates trade. A customs union is when two or more nations agree not to charge trade tariffs between themselves thus enhancing trade gravity. They also agree common tariffs be applied to imports from nations outside their customs union. That is the problem – if you agree to an external tariff you can’t then lower tariffs with nations outside your customs union to facilitate better trade deals. That’s why the customs union is not on the Conservative party’s wish list or in Theresa May’s now failed deal. Tory hard Brexit supporters would revolt – a moot point as they were not willing to back her deal anyway. Labour doesn’t support staying in the EU customs union but instead supports leaving it and then creating a new customs union with the EU that is more flexible. Assuming the EU would actually agree to this (maybe not) this would have advantages and disadvantages which would take half a dozen paragraphs to explain, so I will just say that it ends up pretty much in the same place with less EU trade (where trade gravity is high) and more flexibility to trade with the rest of the world (where trade gravity is low). So it is not the customs union/agreement I would recommend. So, Labour’s plan is better than a hard Brexit and better than Theresa May’s Deal but worse than staying in the EU Customs union or single market as far as protecting trade the economy and jobs are concerned. How is a single market different from a customs union? The single market is an agreement that goes further than the customs union: it is not just facilitating trade through tariff agreements or eliminating tariff barriers. In the single market nations also get rid of non-tariff barriers such as food safety standards or packaging rules by agreeing on common standards with the aim of facilitating fair and even trade. Integral to single market membership is the four freedoms: the free movement of labour, goods, capital and services. You have to accept all four, you can’t cherry pick and remain a member. This brings us Westminster’s next steps – Theresa May’s now has 3 days to speak to the EU, to see if they will now budge a little, and then come back with a plan B. If her plan B has more clarity on the end of the backstop agreement and offers a customs union then she might just be able to get that through. This means that Brexit is still more likely to happen than not and if so it will be a soft Brexit with a customs union that offers the maximum trade gravity whilst being short of a Norway-style EFTA deal. All Brexits are harder on Scotland Scotland exports far more per head than any other part of the UK and is the only UK nation or region to have maintained a positive trade balance every year since records began. Scotland also has a greater need for EU citizens to come to Scotland in skilled labour positions such as vets, doctors and nurses but also for unskilled roles such as seasonal fruit picking jobs. With 8.4% of the UK population, Scotland also receives 17.5% of all of the EU spending and grants that come to the UK. So, any form of Brexit is harder on Scotland than it is on the rest of the UK. It will hurt our economy, it will cost jobs and damage Scotland’s all-important exports. This is why Brexit happening against the stated wishes of the Scottish people is the justification for a second independence referendum. i'v edited out most of the indi stuff to save on the tissues.. it goes more into the options facing us. but if you want the full read http://www.businessforscotland.com/...promise-could-mean-for-scottish-independence/
Well, that's even better as they already comply - and the neighbour would also welcome working closely together on other aspects too, such as when cross border crimes are committed - and terrorism and a whole manner of other areas. This is sounding very good for this trading block.
That is a completely meaningless statement. Schools, Universities, NHS - these are not salaries that are driven by market forces! They are defined by job role, grade, etc. I suggest you go and speak to a few people on construction sites. The Eastern European labour and trades have driven rates down dramatically. I supply to the construction sector and have been aware of this situation since about 2005ish. These are competitively won sub contracts and so the companies using the lowest labour rates invariably win the work. It's also the case in catering, factories, etc. Really try and look at the real world and I hope you would see that there is another detrimental side to uncontrolled immigration. For students leaving the education system without good qualifications, their options are much more limited when so many employers can scoop up skilled, enthusiatic, hard working staff from the EU where unemployment and salary levels are in a bad place in their home countries. We are a strong dynamic flexible and inviting country to come and work. So many times the EU is good for businesses but not good for us and especially our quality of life. I can remember when you could get onto the motorway at say 6.30 and hardly see a car on the road, now you are already well into commuting traffic as people have to live further away from work where the properties are affordable. We need to press the reset button. Of course foreign entrepreneurs want to invest and have business here. The UK has all the right infrastructure and flexible working, just try laying off or making some very minor changes with a french based company by comparison. Just look at the amount of investment in Fintech VS the rest of the EU. So can you at least try and see that the EU has some major problems and does not seem to want to listen to the voices of change? The EU has in my opinion completely taken the wrong decisions for the future and it's fundamental flaws will need to be addressed one day, perhaps during the next financial crisis when all the rule bending and problems that have not been dealt with come back and bite.
AT last the EU show its colours. They admitted today THEY would insist on a hard border. Thats not the UK. Its not EIRE. Its the EU. To which the EIRE Prime Minister then said that he thinks there would be a treaty between NI, EIRE and UK that would mean all parties DON'T have a hard border. Funny, not all over the news, that one....
Funny thing is, many of my friends are remainers and on FB. And there's walls are as full as any leavers of nonsense and hyperbole. Yet thats not fake, right?
Still don't understand why its bad to want to have final say on how you are governed. Nothing racist or xenephobic in that whatsoever. And thats the point. I wonder how remainers stack their conscious up, backing bullies like Junker and co. thats clearly what they are. Greece - do as we say or we bankrupt you. Italy - do as we say or we bankrupt you. Holland, Eire, Italy....keep voting until you get teh right result or we'll bankrupt you. UK...er....Hard border, we cant bankrupt you but hard border, thats what we'll do. Encourage IRA terrorism again. That will fix you lot. Big up to the bullies
Dude, I asked a simple question, your answer was Scotland - ffs you had no answer - lets wait for the rest
The gravitational pull of trade is theoretical only. Trade is pulled by economics. That us why Dyson is moving to Singapore and
Continued after miss type And why a large amount of manufacturing goes to China and Korea that's not gravitational thats cheap manufacturing. China don't buy land riovers because they are close geographicaly they buy them because they are premium and that creates demand. So your argument is flawed, industry will find a way if politicians can't. I've had one too many to continue but that's the kernel of it BTW 8.5% pop receiving 17% of grants mean that wil not continue if Scotland goes indepeindependant. TB
your firmly on that bandwagon aint yah?. why shouldn't i post the expected affects on our economy up here?
why is this a surprise. It is not a border between the UK and Ireland, it is a border between the UK and EU. They don't want their market flooded with all the cheap, low quality crap we are about to import, like steroid enhanced beef. Who wants to ingest cow growth hormone? Not me. Hard Brexit means our farming industry is finished and no one will be managing the countryside. That's not my opinion. That's the opinion of Rees Moggs favourite economist. After all, how can UK beef farmers compete with farmers who use steroids, unless we allow that too of course. Just great. Lets hand over control of our food from the "protectionist EU" to companies that are only interested in profit. Meanwhile, chief Hard Brexiteer, James Dyson, who is only worth about £1.5Billion has just announced moving his HQ to Singapore. A territory with a free trade agreement with EU. Feeling fecked yet Brexiteers? Nah, didn't think so.
