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> Imagine having to go through US-style customs every time you want to fly to California. Customs is far less onerous than security. Passport control is a pain
by isostatic 8y ago
> Imagine having to go through US-style customs every time you want to fly to California.
Customs is far less onerous than security. Passport control is a pain, but that's easily solved. Germany and France have no such borders, yet are independent countries.
An independent Catalan that's signed up to schengen, the single market, the customs union, etc. would be fine, it just devolves some power from Madrid to Barcelona.
Likewise there is no technical reason that an independent California couldn't join a schengen style passport agreement, customs union, and free trade area, with the rest of the US. Canada could join such an agreement too. It's all doable.
- vinceguidry 8y agoI think devolution is going to become easier over time, but I wouldn't exactly describe it as "doable" at present.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Likewise there is no technical reason that an independent California couldn't join a schengen style passport agreement, customs union, and free trade area, with the rest of the US. Other than the fact that the United States would never create such a thing (or, if it did, would never allow a recently exited US state to join it), specifically to prevent encouraging balkanization of the US.