Founding EU members Luxembourg and Belgium (both poor BTW) know how to have their cake and eat it.
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Have your cake and eat it.
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View Postbasically if you go into a supermarket or bakery and buy a cake, you have a cake. If you eat the cake then normally the cake disappears.
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The UK eats the cake
The cake disappearsPublic Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
Officially CUK certified - Thick as f**k.Comment
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they do 10% of their trade with us.
Still, at least the French can stop importing British Beef, but they'll lose the contract to supply Beef to the Army.Comment
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Are individual EU nations allowed to do ANY deals independently or are they forbidden as part of their membership?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by NigelJK View PostThis is the disadvantage of dealing with the EU as a whole. We import 90% of our stuff from a handful of countries, you can be sure that those countries will be driving the negotiations for the EU. Those countries that are just starting to make inroads into our marketplace (e.g. Poland) will want a free a trade as possible as they import hardly anything form us.
Still, at least the French can stop importing British Beef, but they'll lose the contract to supply Beef to the Army.
Not sure it quite works like that, Canada have spent the last 6 years trying to get a trade negotiation with Europe only to be blocked by two Belgian regions, regions that Canada do no trade with.
EU could not agree on what colour the sky was let alone complex trade agreements.Warning unicorn meat may give you hallucinationsComment
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Originally posted by NigelJK View PostThing is I can't see BMW letting Brighton get away with the same thing
Even with WTO rules which I believe for cars would be a maximum of 10% tariff I will be getting my next BMW , Carbon Fibre was made industrial by the Brits and now sold back to us, familiar story?Warning unicorn meat may give you hallucinationsComment
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Originally posted by motoukenin View PostAs a BMW owner I would not buy any other car. For half the price I could buy a Vauxhall or Ford that does more but I don't, a 5% - 10% increase in BMW prices would not stop me getting another.
Even with WTO rules which I believe for cars would be a maximum of 10% tariff I will be getting my next BMW , Carbon Fibre was made industrial by the Brits and now sold back to us, familiar story?Comment
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Jaguar cars are now best selling in their class(es), British designed and built and best of all are great to own, just don't by a diesel - it just not the done thing.Comment
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Originally posted by NigelJK View PostJaguar cars are now best selling in their class(es), British designed and built and best of all are great to own, just don't by a diesel - it just not the done thing.Comment
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