Nightjar.me.uk" "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote
The Natural Philosopher wrote
Nightjar "cpb"@ wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Nightjar.me.uk" "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote

So why aren't we making those exports now?

Because the EU system stops that or makes it less
convenient than with your competitors like the US....

The correct answer is that Britain has long failed to exploit emerging
overseas markets and was being criticised for that failure well before
the recession.

It is not up to Britain to negotiate trade deals with the rest of the
world. That is what the EU does...

Germany is in the EU, but it exports twice the percentage of its total
exports and over five times the value to China, as compared to the UK.

That's because the slump in the value of the euro has made
what they export very attractive to buyers outside the eurozone.

It exports nearly as much to Brazil as we do to China.

Because the slump in the value of the euro has made what
they export very attractive to buyers outside the eurozone.

Britain hasn't got that result because it isn't in the eurozone.

There is nothing to stop British companies from exporting to anywhere in
the world.

Yes, but because they aren't in the eurozone, Britain
doesnt get to benefit from the slump in the euro.

However, many prefer to deal with the EU as they only have to make a
single product to a single standard to sell into 28 countries,

That's not right, most obviously with the mains plug alone.

instead of having to meet the product standards of each individual country
they sell to. Germany chose to diversify and reaped the benefit of that
when the recession hit.

They actually reaped the benefit of the slump in the euro.