Re: Stockpiling
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Originally Posted by
Banchory
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Why is the position of the UK weaker when we leave the EU?
So far has failed to get agreements to replicate deals needed to replace the EU's 40 existing agreements after the UK leaves the EU
There has been an agreement with Switzerland but do far little else with non EU countries
Australia is a country that has been often cited by remainets as one of the easiest trade deals for us too agree do let’s look at that
An Australian Government report titled “Overview of Australia's trade with the United Kingdom” gives some insights into other how the UK will most likely be viewed post Brexit as demonstrated by these extracts below
“Australia’s Trade Minister has made it clear that the government’s priority is the EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), and a recent study has shown that Australia should indeed follow this policy.”
“The UK’s current importance as Australia’s 5th largest trade partner is artificially inflated by its membership of the EU. The value of the UK as a trade partner to Australian firms is mostly as a gateway to accessing the EU common market. Post‐ Brexit, the UK’s value to Australian firms (and as a trade agreement partner) is likely to be greatly diminished.”
As I’ve said before the UK will make free trade agreements but in an increasingly protectionist world the bargaining leverage of access to 50 million people is a lot less than access to 450 million
We also have no experienced trade negotiators which is a significant disadvantage in such complex agreements
You previously stated the EU agreements favour German industry and French farmers yet you suggested that those very same agreements be novated across to an independent UK
Leavers were confident that the EU needed us more than we needed them and in the words of Boris Johnson “ we can have our cake and eat it too” this has proved to be complete nonsense and our failure of securing anything but a rudimentary deal with the EU is indicative of our negotiating inexperience and bargaining strength and the rest of the world are fully aware of this
Your claim that we will be able to make our own deals so we will be better off just does not stand up to scrutiny