Countries preparing trade talks with the UK

[CretinWatcher]

If you are French then you will buy a French car regardless.

Not true, Nissan and Honda sell a lot there.

[shaunbhoy]

Not true, Nissan and Honda sell a lot there.

In Q1 of this Year there were 516,392 cars sold in France of which Nissan managed 20,285 and Honda off the bottom of the chart at less than 4,000.
I don't regard less than 5% of the market as being "a lot". Do you?

[CretinWatcher]

In Q1 of this Year there were 516,392 cars sold in France of which Nissan managed 20,285 and Honda off the bottom of the chart at less than 4,000.
I don't regard less than 5% of the market as being "a lot". Do you?

You haven't provided a link but I'll take your data as accurate.
Point still stands, though, wherever in Europe British built cars are sold, they are mostly on the price sensitive end of the market, and with tariffs will not be competitive with the domestic competition.

[shaunbhoy]

You haven't provided a link but I'll take your data as accurate.
Point still stands, though, wherever in Europe British built cars are sold, they are mostly on the price sensitive end of the market, and with tariffs will not be competitive with the domestic competition.

2016 (Q1) France: Best-Selling Carmakers, Brands and Models


Tariffs are in nobody's best interests where both sides have much to offer the other. That is why they will not be implemented to any meaningful degree if at all.

[CretinWatcher]

Tariffs are in nobody's best interests where both sides have much to offer the other.

Agree to a degree.
But I don't think they'll budge on Single Market (i.e. no tariffs)=Free Movement. That is one of the 4 pillars of the EU.
Why would they allow the benefits without the costs?
Everyone will want to exit, then.
The German manufacturers lobby will be on our side, a swathe of Eastern European countries with nothing to lose and a veto will be against us.
And contrary to popular opinion we have most to lose - our lifeblood, financial services.

[shaunbhoy]

Agree to a degree.
But I don't think they'll budge on Single Market (i.e. no tariffs)=Free Movement. That is one of the 4 pillars of the EU.
Why would they allow the benefits without the costs?
Everyone will want to exit, then.
The German manufacturers lobby will be on our side, a swathe of Eastern European countries with nothing to lose and a veto will be against us.
And contrary to popular opinion we have most to lose - our lifeblood, financial services.

There exists the possibility that a completely revamped EU could emerge. As you point out, there will be many that will oppose any change, but they are all the ones that benefit the most and have least influence and bargaining power. The big players that are financially underpinning this sinking ship are likely to become restless as they find themselves shouldering more of the burden for the needy newcomers and basket-case mediterranean economies. It is not beyond the realms of possibility that the whole project falls apart and the vacuum gets filled by a more sensible and less bureaucratic replacement run along some of the same lines. It may get messy but nothing truly worth having was ever gained easily.
I am up for the challenge anyway, and interesting times lie ahead.

[darmstadt]

And I'm also an immigrant...

FTFY

[shaunbhoy]

FTFY

Not to Britain I'm not.

HTH

[DodgyAgent]

AFAIK he's a Brit living in Germany that takes every opportunity he can to criticise the UK.

I think this probably because the Brits have worked out what a twat he is and sent him packing. Unfortunately he cannot bring himself completely stay away

[shaunbhoy]

I think this probably because the Brits have worked out what a twat he is and sent him packing. Unfortunately he cannot bring himself completely stay away

Clinging on like a homesick turd!