On 17/06/16 17:29, Adrian wrote:
It's also why we separate trade deals are utterly pointless while we're
in the EU - because if the UK applied zero duty to US goods in a
category, but Germany didn't, we could buy the same things through
Germany and not pay the duty.


I have read the above three times, and am still scratching my head.

If the UK applied zero duty to US goods they would be *cheaper* here
than Germany.

Which is why the EU wont allow us to.

This was the who ****storm that went down when we entered the EU, and NZ
lamb and butter had to have a tarriff applied, and we bankrupted NZ farmers.



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