Comments by "" (@Iain1962) on "One day UK will return back to EU after Brexit - Terry Reintke eudebates with British MEPs" video.

@03MARA01 Honda pulled out of Europe too. They closed all their factories outside Japan, so no it had nothing to do with Brexit, that site by the way has been sold and is being redeveloped by Panattoni to a warehouse and distribution Park creating 9000 new jobs. So we went from having no deals to having our own bespoke deals...that the EU don't have, so there's a benefit already. The EU don't have a trade deal with the US either, the US don't like trade deals, they only have a dozen or so. There is no queue for trade deals with the USA, that's not how deals are done you don't take turns. And we are not too small we are the 5th biggest economy in the world out of 197, that makes us one of the biggest economies in the world, not that size really matters, all that matters is do you have something we want and do we have something you want... who cares about size? Do you not buy from a shop because it's small? Only buy from megastores do you? If we had that approach we wouldn't be able to do deals with almost anybody because they are all smaller than us !! You have obviously never been abroad for work have you? You have to register locally, get in the system, you don't just waltz in , now you don't have any automatic rights you have to apply, but it's not hard. And the ETIAS system is not confirmed and if there is a cost it will be 7 euros valid for 3 years, hardly an issue. It's good anyway. We don't want people just crossing borders, that's not a good thing.
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@03MARA01 Nobody said benefits would be "imminent". Who do you think said that? In fact we were told that it would be awful, that there would be queues at Dover and factory closures and mass unemployment and all the planes would be grounded and nobody would make any deals with us because we were too small, and the pound would crash and there would be no food on the shelves and well the list was endless and pounded out daily. When does all that happen? Freedom of movement isn't that useful, it isn't forbidden now, you can still go, there are loads of ways to go, they have millions of migrants from Africa and the Middle East roaming about, I'm sure it will be no trouble for a young Brit. Apply and fill out the forms, you would have to do that anyway, register for health and tax etc. Where do you want to go? Do you speak the language yet? That's very important you will need it !
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So what has so dramatically changed that you find so awful? You will be grateful we left in a few years, just wait and see, the EU is just a paper shuffling operation designed to enrich the bureaucrats, they don't do anything that your government can't do.
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@03MARA01 Business does business, trade deals just facilitate things, it's up to business who benefits. I find it amusing the Australians flooding our market with food, firstly you don't seem concerned with the EU flooding our market with food, surely that's more of a worry? And if tons of food is arriving from Australia surely it would hurt the EU producers we would import from Australia the extra we need rather than the EU. Makes sense that if the Australian stuff is cheaper we stop buying the EU stuff. So if anybody should be concerned it should be the French and the Dutch farmers. Anyway, only a small amount of food will come, we need to order it first and then they need to produce it and that will take years maybe decades before it reaches any kind of volume, if ever. The US, UK, India Japan China and the EU is about 80% of the world's economy so that means the remaining 20% split between 160 countries each of the remaining countries shares are going to be awfully small. Size is not relevant, look at Singapore or the UAE, incredibly wealthy, a natural resource or a strategic position or a business friendly trade policy are all factors as are a reliable and strong currency and reliable legal system. Size is just one factor among many.
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