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Finally a piece of good news in global politics
> For the first time, the trade agreement includes countries' Paris climate deal commitments.
> The text also addresses sustainable development and sets standards for labor, safety, environmental and consumer protection.
I'm glad the UK is a member of the EU so we can benefit from this.
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Of course it is. The EU isn’t that, though. The withdrawal agreement negotiated by May does fulfill those criteria, but Brexiters still don’t like it — fancy that.
let's be accurate here: the reason the brexiteers (i.e. the ERG) don't like the withdrawal agreement is that it gives the EU effective control of the UK economy without any mechanism for the UK to leave that arrangement without the EU's permission which is the sort of term a victor of war forces on a defeated party the ERG agreed earlier this week that if this part of the agreement is dropped they will vote for it, o…
I'm pretty sure that fifteen years ago, nobody would have thought that "let's keep the bombings" would be a coherent and respectable opinion.
Things have changed.
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So then it IS apparently possible to have a free trade zone without freedom of movement.
Of course. As a matter of fact, UK was never part of the Schengen Area.
Canada recently made a trade deal with the EU as well. Our country (Canada) hasn't been pushing harder enough for this IMO, considering how greatly we benefitted from NAFTA it should have been our top policy objective for the last couple decades. Modern countries would rather get lost in decades long mega-deals with 1000 conditions for every political crony connection / special-interest group ever than get an actual…
I cannot find the link but no surprises when there was a report (from one of the EU organizations) that we pay the highest cell phone fees.
Will consumers benefit from it? Can Japanese order from amazon.de without customs charges and vice versa?
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let's be accurate here: the reason the brexiteers (i.e. the ERG) don't like the withdrawal agreement is that it gives the EU effective control of the UK economy without any mechanism for the UK to leave that arrangement without the EU's permission which is the sort of term a victor of war forces on a defeated party the ERG agreed earlier this week that if this part of the agreement is dropped they will vote for it, o…
Well, it's the UK's obligation to preserve the Good Friday Agreement. You can't blame the EU for that obligation. I'm pretty sure that fifteen years ago, nobody would have thought that "let's keep the bombings" would be a coherent and respectable opinion. Things have changed.
if you'd take the time to read the good friday agreement you'd realise there's nothing about customs controls or a border anywhere in it