Reply to: Brexit and WTO

[SueEllen]

If the EEA will have us - they might and they mightn't. The EEA is for countries on their way into Europe, not those on their way out. And of course we also need to accept a court base in Strasbourg.

What a mess.

Agree with you the there.

[Old Greg]

Apparently Mr Farage's never said we would leave the single market in his campaigning to leave the EU.

So we could well end up in the EEA if parliament get to scrutinise the bill and have free movement of labour.

If the EEA will have us - they might and they mightn't. The EEA is for countries on their way into Europe, not those on their way out. And of course we also need to accept a court base in Strasbourg.

What a mess.

[SueEllen]

Apparently Mr Farage's never said we would leave the single market in his campaigning to leave the EU.

So we could well end up in the EEA if parliament get to scrutinise the bill and have free movement of labour.

[Old Greg]

yup will be a piece of cake,.... a very long piece of cake.

https://www.ft.com/content/5741129a-...f-79eb4891c97d

Stop talking the economy down, you Enemy of the Folk.

[BlasterBates]

yup will be a piece of cake,.... a very long piece of cake.

https://www.ft.com/content/5741129a-...f-79eb4891c97d

The speed of the UK being able to trade on WTO terms in its own right will partly depend on political will. Yet even if other governments co-operate and accept London’s proposals, the legal processes and paperwork are likely to take years.

[Old Greg]

Russia managed to agree entry in 19 years, and the UK is already an individual member so it should take no time at all to reach consensus across all members to reactivate individual membership terms. Probably just some boring stuff like agricultural import quotas, which shouldn't prove contentious.

[Old Greg]

In the very unlikely event there are problems with any of this,

Why do you say very unlikely?

it only goes to show the folly of becoming so entangled in the EU in the first place.

Well that will show them!

[NotAllThere]

In the very unlikely event there are problems with any of this, it only goes to show the folly of becoming so entangled in the EU in the first place.

That logic is only sound if you believe membership of the EU to be a bad thing.

[scooterscot]

In the very unlikely event there are problems with any of this, it only goes to show the folly of becoming so entangled in the EU in the first place.

The folly you call entangled I call working together for mutual benefit. Just as well we've got so many experienced trade negotiators.

One or two projects I've been working on I can really see hitting the buffers. National air traffic services for instance. It has been a long held view that EU air traffic services should be one. The UK has made a large contribution to this effort as part of the EU. What happens next? Back to West Drayton circular radar screens?!

Then there's the standards which the UK has had a hand in developing from what was BSI to now EU on Rail and Aircraft standards. Or defence standards. The UK long ago let go of individuals that are key to drafting such standards, which are so important when defining new projects.

What a mess.

[OwlHoot]

The UK is already in the WTO. It will just simply need to reach a consensus agreement with every member before reactivating its individual membership terms. As this merely requires consensus of all WTO members, it should be easy enough I would think.

In the very unlikely event there are problems with any of this, it only goes to show the folly of becoming so entangled in the EU in the first place.

[scooterscot]

Argentina are expected to be extra helpful.

We could always sell them oil from a nearby source...

[Old Greg]

and of course no country or trading block (eg the EU) will exploit the UK's desperation to regain its independent WTO status and veto the whole thing unless they get some concessions.

Argentina are expected to be extra helpful.

[BlasterBates]

The UK is already in the WTO. It will just simply need to reach a consensus agreement with every member before reactivating its individual membership terms. As this merely requires consensus of all WTO members, it should be easy enough I would think.

and of course no country or trading block (eg the EU) will exploit the UK's desperation to regain its independent WTO status and veto the whole thing unless they get some concessions.

[Old Greg]

Sure the worlds 6th largest economy not in the WTO makes perfect sense. There are some real about these days.

The UK is already in the WTO. It will just simply need to reach a consensus agreement with every member before reactivating its individual membership terms. As this merely requires consensus of all WTO members, it should be easy enough I would think.

[Old Greg]

Negotiating Brexit will cost the UK £350 million per week. Let's fund our NHS instead.

Let's fund the EU instead. At least we get a hefty rebate.