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Not appropriate? You may not agree, but how are my opinions "not appropriate"? I was obviously talking in generalities: if the EU banned or tariffed its citize
by zigzigzag 10y ago
Not appropriate? You may not agree, but how are my opinions "not appropriate"?
I was obviously talking in generalities: if the EU banned or tariffed its citizens from buying service X from the UK, that doesn't mean it has to be service X that is banned or tariffed in reverse. That's never how sanctions are applied.
The 'worst case scenario' is the UK is a country that trades with EU like any other
I can think of many worst case scenarios worse than that. I think what you mean is, you don't personally anticipate it getting worse than that.
- krona 10y ago> if the EU banned or tariffed its citizens from buying service X from the UK It can't, because the UK will be a member of the WTO, like the EU. Members of the WTO can't discriminate unfavorably against individual nations in the way you're suggesting.
- gpderetta 10y agounless is a blanket banning of buying these services from anywhere.
- lhopki01 10y agoThe UK won't be a member of the WTO since it never joined. It'll have to apply after it leaves the EU.
- krona 10y ago"The UK is a member of the WTO today, it will be a member tomorrow. There will be no discontinuity in its membership…" -- Head of the WTO. The UK is a founding member of the WTO. It never left. It still pays it's membership fee. It will retake its seat the day after it leaves the EU. Where do you get your information? The Guardian?
- lhopki01 10y agoI stand corrected. They inherited membership via GATT. My information was based on the founding of the WTO in 1995 after the UK had joined the EU.
- zigzigzag 10y agoThe UK appears on the WTO's member list: https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org6_e.htm https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org6_e.h...
- lhopki01 10y agoI stand corrected. The inherited membership via GATT.