On Friday, 28 April 2017 16:51:50 UTC+1, charles wrote:
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whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 28 April 2017 15:14:45 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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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.

Of course they are if they think EU citizens will accept massive
increases in say the cost of whisky or cheddar cheese. I doubt those in
the UK will be very happy if the UK puts a tarrif on say brie or german
cars, but if we do who is likely to loose out most. Germany because the
taffir is 50% and no one in the UK (or very few) will buy a gernan car at
twice the price it was last week, who will lose out... It'll be Germany
NOT the UK as anyoen wantint to buy a car might go for a non german car
that has lower tarriffs

It would be an EU tariff - not exclusively German - and as has been pointed
out earlier it would be a identical tariff on all imported cars unless we
had special agreement with the EU.

So what would be the advantage for the EU to put tarriffs on anything. ?