Britain Loses It's Status.

[gulliver1]

Britain, for years has been Germany's top trading partner..... but for the first time since 1950 Germany who has the largest economy in Europe is looking elsewhere for Business....And it's all down to Brexit Trade Barriers.
........ Uk has shot themselves in the foot according to the German media.

[AuntPG]

// Agricultural products UK--- Germany down 80% //

I'm not surprised -anyone doubting Gulliver go onto the DEFRA site and read how many rules have to be followed to sell anything remotely Agricultural to the EU.

[gulliver1]

A vets certificate to export cheese.

[gulliver1]

B/A for APG@ 12.50

[theshedman]

And who is making it hard to sell to the EU? Answer the EU who will try and make it as hard as possible, a case of sour grapes if ever I saw one. Just trying to make sure no one else has the nerve to try and leave them.

[theshedman]

Now it seems even Michel Barnier is having second thoughts on some of the rules they have.

[Gramps82]

BARNSTORM France should copy Britain & ditch EU judges to take back control of immigration, says ex-Brexit blocker Michel Barnier.

It looks as if France are starting to start the process of leaving the EU. Whose next?

[gulliver1]

All these problems arising in the Uk are spin offs from Brexit.
Uk voted Brexit Blindly, thinking it would stop immigration , but hadn't thought the side effects through. Everything comes with a price

[chelle7272]

//Everything comes with a price//
Yep, such as membership of AB comes with trolls, worth it though :)

[ToraToraTora]

do you have a link to the story you want to discuss?

[vulcan42]

chelle, I wonder why trolls are allowed on this site when the rules explicitly state they're not allowed.

[gl556tr]

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Agricultural products UK---Germany down 80%, Pharmaceutical product down 50%.
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This highlights our dependence on importing vital products.
CoVid 19 has made us aware of our inability to make even the basic substances for life-saving medicines, protective clothing for people in the NHS, and so much more.
Food for our country must be home-grown. But use of ground-water, collected over thousands of years, must be regulated; irrigation finely tuned, as in Israel.

[AuntPG]

It seems that the moniker 'Trolls' on AB is used for anyone who does not have the same opinions as the person calling them 'Trolls'

FWIW Gulliver is bang on the money here. I do not hate the UK -on the contrary, I am a partner in businesses that provide jobs and pay UK Taxes. More than one of those businesses rely on the easy trade between UK & the EU. EU are treating the UK like naughty children, using them as an example of what will happen if any other members dare jump the Traces. The rules, negotiated by Boris Johnson, are heavily tipped to the EU. They are truly ridiculous -a vets certificate to export wool to the EU? 20% import duty on everything valued over £35 going into the EU, including gifts! Come on! Go do some research before calling folks trolls!

[chelle7272]

//EU are treating the UK like naughty children, using them as an example of what will happen if any other members dare jump the Traces.//

Yes exactly as expected, so not news.

[gulliver1]

This is the third delay or ( U turn, ) by Boris on Brexit border checks for foodstuff the original date was Jan 2021.

[gulliver1]

13.40 APG , I don't hate the UK either.....just Brexit.

[satprof]

// And who is making it hard to sell to the EU? Answer the EU who will try and make it as hard as possible, a case of sour grapes if ever I saw one.//

The EU rules haven't changed especially for Brexit. These were always the rules for non-EU countries. For some reason, Brexiteers totally ignored this fact and we now have the wailing and gnashing of teeth. This is the sort of thing that got anti-Brexiteers labelled as prophets of doom for mentioning. Please don't expect sympathy - all of this was very clear in advance.

[gulliver1]

14.13,Satprof .....Spot on. When will it sink in to the Brexiteers that the UK is now a non E/U Country and has to obey rules, it's all a different Ball game now.

[piggynose]

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-britain-no-longer-top-10-trade-with-germany-brexit-bites-2021-09-08/

[AuntPG]

// The EU rules haven't changed especially for Brexit. These were always the rules for non-EU countries.//

That is incorrect. If it were true then why would the UK have had need to negotiate a Trade Deal in the first place? They would have just entered the default trade deal for non EU countries (which actually does not exist)

Each non-EU country has to negotiate Trade deals with the EU -it took Canada 10 years. The UK wanted it fast-tracked and ended up with a bad deal.

[gulliver1]

Brexiteers dont want to be in E/u or obey there Trading rules sort of , We are Brits and no one tells us what do, like having cake and eating it .