Post by jaydee on Nov 4, 2022 9:07:39 GMT
Michael Gove claimed new trade deals worth £800 billion had been signed with over 70 countries since 2016. Full Fact said that Gove’s claim was misleading to imply the trade deals account for £800bn in “new” global trade - as that is the total value of trade with those countries, not the additional amount that can be attributed to the trade deals themselves. The organisation added that most of these deals are “effectively mirror deals” the UK was party to as a member of the EU before Brexit. When the Brexit transition period ended those existing trade deals stopped applying to the UK and were replaced with these “new” deals, which are sometimes described as “rollover deals”. In September, the BBC reported the UK signed 69 of these “rollover” deals with countries it had previously traded with under the terms of EU agreements. The only new deals i am aware of is between Australia and New Zealand's which will destroy the farming industry in the UK. And one for £700 million for life jackets with South Korea. Wow. I am sure there are others. Which will have the same impact as deal with Christmas Island for crabs that glow in the dark. And hailed as the best thing since sliced bread.
As I keep pointing out . The UK does not hold a schedule of concession to do deals with members of the WTO. The application by Liam Fox failed. That means if the UK does a deal with one member. That has to apply to all members. And the 164 members of the WTO do not have to reciprocate. That means if the UK does a free trade deal with the USA for widgets. Then that must apply to all 164 members. So could some Brexiteer who voted to make himself poorer. Explain to me why any nation should negotiate. They already have the free trade deal. As BMW leaves the UK. Now I seem to remember how Farage and the likes ranted the Germans will come riding over the hill at sunset, banging on the door of Number 10, to save the car industry from a fate worse than life. How things are conveniently forgotten. But the crucial bit. I have no idea how it is called misinformation. With a man of the background of Gove and his back up team. To me that type misinformation was a down right lie. And that lie should .pointed out to all who spew such drivel. Even on the hallowed green benches. Till it is corrected. After all the bollocks of the Hon Rt Gentlemen. I see nothing Right, Honourable or gentlemen/Lady in the majority in the Westminster Government. I am sure that the "misinformation" spewed by Gove will be swallowed hook line and sinker by the apologist
www.thenational.scot/news/23099954.michael-gove-shares-misleading-post-brexit-trade-claim/
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-figures-dont-lie-brexit-is-causing-a-disastrous-collapse-in-trade/
As I keep pointing out . The UK does not hold a schedule of concession to do deals with members of the WTO. The application by Liam Fox failed. That means if the UK does a deal with one member. That has to apply to all members. And the 164 members of the WTO do not have to reciprocate. That means if the UK does a free trade deal with the USA for widgets. Then that must apply to all 164 members. So could some Brexiteer who voted to make himself poorer. Explain to me why any nation should negotiate. They already have the free trade deal. As BMW leaves the UK. Now I seem to remember how Farage and the likes ranted the Germans will come riding over the hill at sunset, banging on the door of Number 10, to save the car industry from a fate worse than life. How things are conveniently forgotten. But the crucial bit. I have no idea how it is called misinformation. With a man of the background of Gove and his back up team. To me that type misinformation was a down right lie. And that lie should .pointed out to all who spew such drivel. Even on the hallowed green benches. Till it is corrected. After all the bollocks of the Hon Rt Gentlemen. I see nothing Right, Honourable or gentlemen/Lady in the majority in the Westminster Government. I am sure that the "misinformation" spewed by Gove will be swallowed hook line and sinker by the apologist
www.thenational.scot/news/23099954.michael-gove-shares-misleading-post-brexit-trade-claim/
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-figures-dont-lie-brexit-is-causing-a-disastrous-collapse-in-trade/
