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tim... wrote:
up about us leaving the EU. Basically non of the usual tariffs and
duties etc will apply. Such is their brave new world.

the problem is that there are two different points here

Most leavers who say that "tariffs are optional" are usually responding
to the otf claimed nonsense in the press, that leaving the EU will
impose tariffs that WILL put up prices for UK consumers, when that is a
complete falsehood.

All you can do is think about the most likely scenario. If anyone thinks
the non EU UK will allow in all imports regardless tariff free, they are
totally mad. That would decimate our agricultural industry in short order.
And pretty well all others too. Because the likelihood is other countries
will put tariffs on our goods regardless of what we do. In the absence of
any trade agreement, other than WTO.

That the effect of the EU imposing tariffs on our exports to them may
make trade more difficult is not within the scope of that question and
you cannot extrapolate the answer to the first as the answer to the
second.

((I'll grant you that there are a set of people who don't know the
difference, but I can't say that I've noticed any here)

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