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Hot_Air wrote: Sun Jun 18, 2023 8:52 pm Trade deals aren’t an overnight job — they will take years to sort out with our largest trading partners. But much of that work is technocratic, and the politicians have little to do with it.
The earth shattering trade deals since Brexit have been a disaster, either about the same as pre Brexit or in the case of the Australian deal, heavily weighted in favour of Australia to the point where they're taking the piss about it
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demographic wrote: Sun Jun 18, 2023 9:13 pm
The earth shattering trade deals since Brexit have been a disaster, either about the same as pre Brexit or in the case of the Australian deal, heavily weighted in favour of Australia to the point where they're taking the piss about it
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/ ... -350009/
Could have been worse, we could have kept barrier free trading with all of Europe, now that would have been a disaster!
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wheelnut wrote: Sun Jun 18, 2023 10:33 pm
demographic wrote: Sun Jun 18, 2023 9:13 pm
The earth shattering trade deals since Brexit have been a disaster, either about the same as pre Brexit or in the case of the Australian deal, heavily weighted in favour of Australia to the point where they're taking the piss about it
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/ ... -350009/
Could have been worse, we could have kept barrier free trading with all of Europe, now that would have been a disaster!
Daft idea, would never have worked for us, would it?

https://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/agreement ... ons/aeufta
Australia and the European Union (EU) launched negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) on 18 June 2018.
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