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Old 23-12-2016, 11:40   #3453
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Re: Post-Brexit Thread
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
Reports in the FT today saying that the Government is getting close to business again. Unlike Gove and Farage, it's been running its slide rule over the figures and realises that a sudden hard Brexit would cause large scale economic and social problems which are not what people voted for. Hopefully a sane, soft Brexit will prevail.
Some would say that a 'soft' Brexit would mean little change, with us still remaining within the common market or customs union. Others see it as a smooth transition to where we want to be. And of course there are shades of opinion in between.

We are unlikely to achieve the former because apparantly we have to be 'punished' for having the audacity to pull out of this nightmare organisation and we would have to accept free movement and contributions to the EU for the 'privilege' of tariff free trading with Europe. Additionally, if we continue to belong to the customs union, we would have to apply tariffs to countries outside the EU. None of that was what the majority of British people voted for and therefore it will simply not do.

The latter I could tolerate if all it meant was a two or three year transitional period to allow us to set up new trade deals and to put in place measures designed to soften any financial impact of this major change for businesses to cope with. Attempts to avoid a dangerous 'cliff edge' are perfectly acceptable, given that EU rules prohibit us from forging trade deals while still a member of the EU.
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