Re: Low regulatory alignment

Then why is industry up in arms?

If we raise the bar for say pharmaceuticals the unless The EU does the same they will not be able to sell them to us and they might just decide its not worth the additional cost for one market

What industry wants is regulatory alignment but that means following EU regulations and standards. Possibly a step too far for hard line Brexiteers

Re: Low regulatory alignment

We already have better standards for (example) food than the EU. We exceed EU regulations in many areas already including workers rights. Same goes for pharma and medical device products (we invented a lot of them anyway incidentally) - it doesn't make us less competitive does it

You have no clue how standards work - according to you the EU regs are a race to the bottom because of cost... absolute nonsense

We already have regulatory alignment and always have. Check out what mutual recognition agreements are - the clue is in the name

Re: Low regulatory alignment

You wouldn't know this, because your brexit paper doesn't take articles negative on brexit, but

Food Standards Agency struggling to prepare for Brexit, say auditors

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...t-say-auditors

Re: Low regulatory alignment

It will if we drift away from alignment and it will if we lower standards to facilitate cheaper imports or trade agreements

Re: Low regulatory alignment

Britain might consider another law to align with the netherlands. Here municipalities can impose a tax on the posession of a dog. It's an ancient law that provides the basis for this tax on dogs only (so not on cats or any other pet).
From these taxes special facilities are created, and maintained for dog walking. Mostly grassy spaces, and regularly cleaned from excrements. Only for dogs, but who wants to walk among dogs?