Re: Brexit and the EU
Originally Posted by
JBR
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I'm convinced that will be the case.
Barmier, being French, is as proud a peacock and thinks he has got us on the run (just like a certain Napoleon did).
When we have left, successfully trading with the world, he and others like him will be singing a different tune.
I'll go a step further and say that after Brexit, assuming that the EU dictators still refuse to give us any trade deals, we'll find individual EU countries making their own offers. German car manufacturers, for example, will certainly not throw away the opportunity to continue to sell all those BMWs, Audis, VWs, etc. that seem to fill our roads!
Then of course, like it or not, there will still be EU nations wishing to avail themselves of our financial experts and universities (and I know from personal experience that all the foreign interest doesn't centre only around Oxbridge!)
Hi
Barnier is not determining the EU negotiating stance, the stance is determined by the EU Member States .
Barnier could be replaced anytime, but unless and until the EU Member States change their minds, the situation will remain the same.
The EU have not refused to offer a deal, they have already offered a standard WTO Free Trade Deal.
We have refused it, we want more.
The car thing works both ways, the foreign car manufacturers based in the UK will not want their cars subject to Tariffs in the same way the German car manufacturers will not.
They can just move to the EU to protect their profits.
Now that the EU has signed the free Trade Deal with Japan, Honda and Toyota could simply move back to Japan.
I simply do not understand the No Deal argument.
What has been offered is what we will be hoping to get with the rest of the world.
Take it and leave and get on with life outside the EU.