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that is not in question, but full membership is now politically unacceptable to the UK electorate the UK Government wants to keep barriers to trade as low as p

that is not in question, but full membership is now politically unacceptable to the UK electorate the UK Government wants to keep barriers to trade as low as possible, it is seeking a free trade agreement the EU is currently ratifying the Canadian FTA, and last week announced agreement with Japan had been reached that would reduce barriers by 99%[1]... whilst simultaneously threatening the UK with increased barriers to trade [1]: https://www.ft.com/content/c874d02a-60ba-11e7-91a7-502f7ee26895 https://www.ft.com/content/c874d02a-60ba-11e7-91a7-502f7ee26...

Oletros 9y ago
> that is not in question, but full membership is now politically unacceptable to the UK electorate > the UK Government wants to keep barriers to trade as low as possible, it is seeking a free trade agreement UK electorate cannot have both
- blibble 9y ago
  so what's this? http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/ceta/ceta-explained/ http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/ceta/ceta-explaine...
  - Oletros 9y ago
    An agreement that was negotiated for a long, long time? Not two years And what the UK wants is not a free trade agreement, they want the same acces that they have now.
    - blibble 9y ago
      yes, it took a while to negotiate the UK wants an "ambitious free trade agreement", not membership of the single market, if you don't believe me see https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-governments-negotiating-objectives-for-exiting-the-eu-pm-speech https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-governments-negot... So we do not seek membership of the single market. Instead we seek the greatest possible access to it through a new, comprehensive, bold and ambitious free trade agreement.
  - crc32 9y ago
    Im not going to read that huge list of links, but from what I understand CETA doesn't cover e.g. eggs, poultry... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/15/brexit-canada-trade-deal-eu-model-next-steps https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/15/brexit-canada-...
    - Oletros 9y ago
      And doesn't cover finantial services, thing that is very important for the UK
  - TillE 9y ago
    A much more limited arrangement than the single market.
- meh2frdf 9y ago
  Why not?

Oletros 9y ago

> that is not in question, but full membership is now politically unacceptable to the UK electorate > the UK Government wants to keep barriers to trade as low as possible, it is seeking a free trade agreement UK electorate cannot have both

blibble 9y ago
so what's this? http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/ceta/ceta-explained/ http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/ceta/ceta-explaine...
- Oletros 9y ago
  An agreement that was negotiated for a long, long time? Not two years And what the UK wants is not a free trade agreement, they want the same acces that they have now.
  - blibble 9y ago
    yes, it took a while to negotiate the UK wants an "ambitious free trade agreement", not membership of the single market, if you don't believe me see https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-governments-negotiating-objectives-for-exiting-the-eu-pm-speech https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-governments-negot... So we do not seek membership of the single market. Instead we seek the greatest possible access to it through a new, comprehensive, bold and ambitious free trade agreement.
- crc32 9y ago
  Im not going to read that huge list of links, but from what I understand CETA doesn't cover e.g. eggs, poultry... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/15/brexit-canada-trade-deal-eu-model-next-steps https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/15/brexit-canada-...
  - Oletros 9y ago
    And doesn't cover finantial services, thing that is very important for the UK
- TillE 9y ago
  A much more limited arrangement than the single market.
meh2frdf 9y ago
Why not?