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> Post-brexit the French customer will pay customs duty. Out of interest: Would they? This is an EU law, so that would assume UK kept it after brexit , either
by nothrabannosir 9y ago
> Post-brexit the French customer will pay customs duty.
Out of interest: Would they? This is an EU law, so that would assume UK kept it after brexit , either specifically or through some wholesale “fork all the trade laws”. But it would also imply a lack of inter-European treaties, i.e. fork the laws but don’t keep the treaties.
I haven’t kept fully up to date with the latest brexit developments , are we far enough along in the negotiations to know this stuff yet? Last I heard it was still a complete s*show :/
- dtech 9y agoThe default on EU imports is customs duty. Certain countries (iirc Switserland, Norway and a few others) have trade agreements that waive the fees both ways. I assume at time of brexit UK will have such a treaty, but it isn't guaranteed.
- ben_w 9y agoIIUC, all trade from UK to EU will be subject to customs checks & tariffs, because the UK government is more likely to collapse than accept continued membership of the single market/customs union. Simultaneously, the UK government lacks the capacity to enforce significant customs or border checks in the other direction, so will accept almost (but not quite) all imports from the EU blindly.