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Previously on "Lobster (and chips) dividend!"

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  • Whorty
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    It is to a cretin like Mordy.
    And Sarj Spuddy

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    £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

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    £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.

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by Mordac View Post
    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

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    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.

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    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.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by Mordac View Post
    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?

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by Mordac View Post
    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.

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by DaveB View Post
    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.

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  • DaveB
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    Originally posted by Mordac View Post
    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?

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by Mordac View Post
    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.

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by DaveB View Post
    Statistics on UK-EU trade - House of Commons Library



    Total value of the deals we have to date from that link. £178.2bn, £23.8bn of which are agreed in principle but yet to be actually formalised.

    Total value of trade with the EU £668bn.

    Only another £489bn to go.
    Two thirds of that is us buying from them. Remind me again, who is the EU looking after?

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  • darmstadt
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    These are primarily deals replicating what the UK has via the EU. They all have to be renegotiated in the not too distant future. You might also want to check the state aid rules with the Japan deal, a lot stricter than what the EU are looking for
    Originally posted by _V_ View Post
    Sent from my 5g carrier pigeon

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  • _V_
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    Originally posted by DaveB View Post
    Statistics on UK-EU trade - House of Commons Library



    Total value of the deals we have to date from that link. £178.2bn, £23.8bn of which are agreed in principle but yet to be actually formalised.

    Total value of trade with the EU £668bn.

    Only another £489bn to go.
    I have every faith in Boris and our govt, look at the Covid handling.

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  • DaveB
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    Originally posted by _V_ View Post
    Statistics on UK-EU trade - House of Commons Library

    The EU, taken as a whole is the UK’s largest trading partner. In 2019, UK exports to the EU were £294 billion (43% of all UK exports). UK imports from the EU were £374 billion (52% of all UK imports).
    Total value of the deals we have to date from that link. £178.2bn, £23.8bn of which are agreed in principle but yet to be actually formalised.

    Total value of trade with the EU £668bn.

    Only another £489bn to go.

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