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James Harris wrote:
I don't quite get it. One moment, Brexiteers are complaining the EU
took no action to prevent China selling steel so as to undercut the UK
makers.

That's not quite my complaint. Mine is that EU membership prevents the
government from taking action to protect key industries. Whether they
should or not is debatable. But they simply don't have that option while
in the EU. They can only ask the EU to do it.

Rather obviously if part of a club. You can't reasonably expect to have
one law for you, and different for the rest of the club.

But with oranges, it's ok. But of course we don't grow oranges.

Why would we want to be behind a tariff wall for things we don't
produce? It makes no sense. All it does is increase the costs of imports
without helping any of our people or businesses.

Because we were part of a club. Where things are done for all - not just
some.

(Once free again, we might keep some tariffs to use for bargaining - but
that's getting a bit off topic.)

All this talk of tariffs is a bit of a red herring. As it's services we
make far more out of - not goods.

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