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Post by Vinny on Nov 1, 2023 14:55:59 GMT
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Post by Vinny on Nov 1, 2023 14:56:18 GMT
And you can stop lying about tomatoes now.
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Post by Dan Dare on Nov 1, 2023 15:51:50 GMT
And you can stop lying about tomatoes now. Lying, how so?
80% of the tomatoes consumed in the UK are imported, that's according to the British Tomato Growers Association.
Overwhelmingly they come from countries in the EU, although Morocco is becoming an increasingly important supplier.
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Post by oracle75 on Nov 1, 2023 16:10:59 GMT
I doubt the EU will miss an FTA with Australia.
If it was worth .08% of the Uk economy, it was infinitesimal to the entire EU economy.
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Post by Dan Dare on Nov 1, 2023 16:22:22 GMT
As the earlier chart shows, the UK deficit on the trade in goods with the EU has widened since Brexit. It is now greater than it was in 2015.
A rum sort of ‘success’ if you ask me.
The picture does not alter very much if you include trade in services, even though successive governments have maintained that trade in services will grow to compensate for the UK’s chronic deficit in trade in goods. It hasn’t happened yet and, post Brexit, is looking increasingly unlikely to do so.
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Post by buccaneer on Nov 2, 2023 6:08:31 GMT
The EU has no pressing need for an FTA with Australia. It is self-sufficient in almost everything that Australia can provide; those few products and commodities that it isn't are available much closer to home. On the other hand Australians, like the UK, have an insatiable appetite for products that only the EU can provide, such as desirable motor-cars, fashion, high-value capital goods, higher-end building systems and supplies, and higher-end non-toxic food products. A visit to Australia and a close look at what Australians buy and where they originate from will soon prove this to be correct. So why has the EU been negotiating for five years with Australia? |
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Post by Dan Dare on Nov 2, 2023 8:22:46 GMT
Perhaps because the Aussies would like to get in on the act too?
The EU is one of the largest economic blocs in the world, everybody wants in on it. Including the UK.
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Post by buccaneer on Nov 2, 2023 10:54:46 GMT
Perhaps because the Aussies would like to get in on the act too? The EU is one of the largest economic blocs in the world, everybody wants in on it. Including the UK. They didn't want in on act to make most of concessions while the EU pocketed them and offered nothing in return. The UK now has the EU at arms length, and is also part of one of the biggest economic blocs in the world CPTPP. |
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Post by Dan Dare on Nov 2, 2023 11:01:21 GMT
Yeah right.
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Post by Vinny on Nov 2, 2023 11:01:55 GMT
And you can stop lying about tomatoes now. Lying, how so?
80% of the tomatoes consumed in the UK are imported, that's according to the British Tomato Growers Association.
Overwhelmingly they come from countries in the EU, although Morocco is becoming an increasingly important supplier.
Revisit your past claims and look at the facts which were presented to you regarding the actual reasons for shortages at the start of the year which at the time you ignored. |
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Post by Vinny on Nov 2, 2023 11:05:04 GMT
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Post by Dan Dare on Nov 2, 2023 11:07:41 GMT
Is this the one which is predicted to add 0.035% to GDP over ten years or so? |
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Post by Vinny on Nov 2, 2023 11:12:31 GMT
Predicted by whom? It's FREE TRADE. Openness. The antithesis of the xenophobic EU little whitey club. We're putting behind us the era of EU membership which decimated UK industry, hamstrung GDP, reduced our free trade options and substantially increased the cost of living at everyone's detriment. www.gov.uk/government/publications/cptpp-benefits-for-the-uk/cptpp-10-benefits-for-the-ukCheaper imports, cheaper exports, better diplomatic relations and global standing. |
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Post by Dan Dare on Nov 2, 2023 11:16:55 GMT
Jolly good show. Let us know when it all comes to pass.
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Post by buccaneer on Nov 2, 2023 11:24:25 GMT
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