Re: Japan Trade Deal in Weeks
Originally Posted by
Bread
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Your making up stories again.
Nope, I leave that to you. You're much more experienced in fairy tales.
Tarrifs will be dropped on Japanese cars in 2026 which maintains the status quo with what the EU has with them. The framework deal will be signed up later this month - and in any case, the UK controls its tarrifs not the EU - we can adjust our MFN tarrifs whenever it suits us.
Having promised to rush through a post-Brexit*trade deal, Japan and Britain made significant progress only to discover that the fate of Stilton has driven a wedge between them.
Japan is reportedly reluctant to offer Britain better terms than it gave the EU, which has a combined population nearly seven times the size of Britain’s, in a free trade deal that went into effect early last year.
Japanese business leaders have*voiced alarm*over the potential impact of a no-deal Brexit. Around 1,000 Japanese companies employing 180,000 people have a presence in the UK, according to the Japanese foreign ministry.
But there is speculation that Tokyo could consider lowering the barriers to blue-veined cheeses given the relatively small costs involved.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...it-trade-talks