Uninformed wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:52 am
The number of issues that, without (in some cases) agreements with the EU bogeyman, necessitated the creation/recreation of UK laws/regulations/regulatory bodies etc, appear to have been deliberately ignored (or hidden) along with the significant costs that are only now being exposed… and there’s plenty more to come.
For any UK company that also exports "red tape" has increased hugely. First of course is the export paperwork and duties, most of which were unnecessary in the single market. Second is any new UK regulations, standards, etc. Third is the EU regulations and standards that about exporter into the EU must meet. The EU regulations and standards they already complied with, but the first two are additional costly overheads and barriers.
One of the other Brexit lies was the promise of great international trade deals. That is fundamentally impossible. Why? Because most EU trade deals with significant trading partners have Most Favored Nation status. With MFNs, the parties agree that their trade deal will always be at least as good as any offered to a third party. So a country could not agree a honeyed deal with the UK without offering as good (or better!) terms to the EU.
The Brits are screwed. One sad issue is that it's largely elderly and stupid people who voted for Brexit. That was several years ago, so many have died and young people are moving into voting age. So, even without the Brexit viewers who have since realized how misguided they were, there is probably a pro-EU majority in the UK now.
Crazy.