Lobster (and chips) dividend!

[WTFH]

Negotiating tariff-free trade deals with sensible nations shouldn't be much trouble, though.

True.
But the EU is stuck trying to negotiate with Boris and the far reicht supporters.

[DaveB]

Two thirds of that is us buying from them. Remind me again, who is the EU looking after?

Where do you get 2/3rds from? Imports from the EU are 52% of our total. 43% of our exports go to the EU.

26 countries left in the EU, that's 2% each evenly split if we stop importing, we lose access to 52% of what we currently import. We also lose our biggest export market. Each EU country loses ~1.75% of their import market.

How do they need looking after?

[Mordac]

Where do you get 2/3rds from? Imports from the EU are 52% of our total. 43% of our exports go to the EU.

26 countries left in the EU, that's 2% each evenly split if we stop importing, we lose access to 52% of what we currently import. We also lose our biggest export market. Each EU country loses ~1.75% of their import market.

How do they need looking after?

Imports from the EU are (or certainly were until recently) roughly double the value of exports to the EU. So of £600b total trade, roughly two-thirds would be imports, one-third exports.

[shaunbhoy]

Imports from the EU are (or certainly were until recently) roughly double the value of exports to the EU. So of £600b total trade, roughly two-thirds would be imports, one-third exports.

Give it up Mordy. Their attention has wandered again. They will be drooling into their phones by now as your figures went so far over their heads they left a vapour trail.

[Old Greg]

Imports from the EU are (or certainly were until recently) roughly double the value of exports to the EU. So of £600b total trade, roughly two-thirds would be imports, one-third exports.

And do you reckon that disrupting this trade significantly will adversely impact the UK more, or the EU more?

[AtW]

And do you reckon that disrupting this trade significantly will adversely impact the UK more, or the EU more?

Mordy's proctologist said that he will be doing all the thinking for him from now on.

[Old Greg]

Mordy's proctologist said that he will be doing all the thinking for him from now on.

I bet he doesn’t wash his hands before doing oPM’s dental check up.

[WTFH]

Imports from the EU are (or certainly were until recently) roughly double the value of exports to the EU. So of £600b total trade, roughly two-thirds would be imports, one-third exports.

£294 billion export, £374 billion import.
44% export, 56% import.

56% is not “roughly” the same as 66%
Statistics on UK-EU trade - House of Commons Library

[Old Greg]

£294 billion export, £374 billion import.
44% export, 56% import.

56% is not “roughly” the same as 66%
Statistics on UK-EU trade - House of Commons Library

It is to a cretin like Mordy.

[Mordac]

£294 billion export, £374 billion import.
44% export, 56% import.

56% is not “roughly” the same as 66%
Statistics on UK-EU trade - House of Commons Library

Fair play. I'll give myself a