Re: The price to the UK economy as a result of Brexit,
Originally Posted by
Fosterbrad
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Forty eight percent of the whole of the UK’s trade is with the European Union. Liam Fox MP, Minister for the Department of International Trade, has publically stated on many occasions that there are ‘40’ EU trade deals which need to be rolled over by the time we leave the European Union on the 29th March 2019 in order to safeguard the UK’s economy. In January 2019 Liam Fox made a statement that in terms of the number of agreements ‘all’ 40 were On track. However, in February 2019, Liam Fox’s own Trade Department, leaked a significant document to the Sun Newspaper ( which no right thinking person could describe as a “remainer” tabloid) which showed that of the 49 EU trade deals:
(a) 6 were “on track”;
(b) 8 were “off track”
(c) 19 were “significantly off track”; and
(d) 4 were “not possible” at all.
Not only do these figures prove that Liam Fox is way behind from the promise he gave to the UK electorate, that the Government would replicate the 40 EU trade free Trade Agreements that exist before we leave the European Union so there is no disruption to trade, but they also show that the government has failed in its public duty to protect the UK economy in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit. Some Brexiteers may try and argue that in leaving with no deal the UK will be free to strike a supposedly really big trade deal with the US.
However, the UK electorate will be aware that just this week the US Ambassador in London gave some pretty severe markers about what the US expects and more importantly what the UK would have to accept in return for such a deal:
(a) Hormone Treated Beef;
(b) Chlorine washed Chicken; and
(c)
US companies access to NHS contract (the pathway to privatisation)
If this is the price of doing a comprehensive deal with the US then I know where I stand. Do you?
Some three years ago, I, together with some others including the local MP - Dr Caroline Lucas MP, campaigned long and hard to get the TTIP deal off the table as far as the NHS was concerned - at that time, we were successful, now the barstewards seem to have resurrected this deal. OK, I fought once and ready to do so again !!!