Regulatory alignment

[meridian]

Align standards with the EU = no trade deal with the US.

Align standards with the US = no trade deal with the EU.

What’s the bet they try to fudge it both ways and end up with nothing from anyone?

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/0...us-trade-deal/

But what has really riled ministers is the section on what this deal with the EU would mean for future trade deals. The paper is explicit that this deal ‘would not allow the UK to accommodate a likely ask from the US in a future trade deal’ as the UK would be unable to recognise the US’s ‘array of standards’.

Brexiteers are taking this as Theresa May effectively ruling out a post-Brexit trade deal with the US just days before the US President arrives in this country.

[Mordac]

Align standards with the EU = no trade deal with the US.

Align standards with the US = no trade deal with the EU.

What’s the bet they try to fudge it both ways and end up with nothing from anyone?

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/0...us-trade-deal/

Really?

[meridian]

Regulatory alignment

Really?

According to The Spectator and unnamed “Brexiters”. :-). And T May’s Brexit paper itself, of course.

The paper is explicit that this deal ‘would not allow the UK to accommodate a likely ask from the US in a future trade deal’ as the UK would be unable to recognise the US’s ‘array of standards’.

[Mordac]

According to The Spectator and unnamed “Brexiters”. :-). And T May’s Brexit paper itself, of course.

So the much heralded EU-US trade deal cannot possibly happen?

[meridian]

So the much heralded EU-US trade deal cannot possibly happen?

No idea, that wasn’t in the paper or in a statement from No10

https://twitter.com/wikiguido/status...733701634?s=21

Breaking: Number 10 has conceded to Cabinet ministers that their plan on regulatory alignment would make a trade deal with the US all but impossible

[Mordac]

No idea, that wasn’t in the paper or in a statement from No10

https://twitter.com/wikiguido/status...733701634?s=21

I'm fairly certain your assessment is correct, but don't start writing cheques if your brain is in no position to cash them...

[darmstadt]

According to The Spectator and unnamed “Brexiters”. :-). And T May’s Brexit paper itself, of course.

Are they experts? If not then it must be true

[meridian]

Are they experts? If not then it must be true

We’ve all had enough of experts, now we have this shower deciding the country’s future we’ll be seeing sunny uplands in no time at all.

https://twitter.com/peston/status/10...481025536?s=21

Widespread ministerial unhappiness that they have to read 120 odd pages of dense and complex stuff in just a few hours before making historic decisions on UK’s Brexit future. They are not sure if tardiness of distribution is Downing Street cock up or conspiracy

[meridian]

Regulatory alignment

On the plus side, at least we don’t have to wait for the EU to reject the “third way”.

Our own Minister in charge of DeExEU has done that already.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...t-ditch-letter

David Davis has written to the Prime Minister warning that her plan for Brexit to be presented to the Cabinet at Chequers on Friday is unworkable