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Isn't that the case of any country around the world? Doesn't mean the whole world should join the EU.
by patrickaljord 6y ago
Isn't that the case of any country around the world? Doesn't mean the whole world should join the EU.
- Leherenn 6y agoMost do not have the same volume/percentage with the EU though.
- richrichardsson 6y agoSure, but the point is that we had some sort of say in the regulations whilst being bound to them, now we don't. That doesn't sound like "control" to me.
- Brakenshire 6y agoIt’s like saying to a US state, would you rather have seats in Congress, or would you rather federal law be optional.
- Balgair 6y agoOh, also, now that your state has 'left', you've got to get a visa to go over to the rest of the US now. And you'll need to pay tariffs to get good in or out. And you'll need to abide by our laws on those import and exports, things like emissions for cars, pesticides, safety regulations, that stuff.
- Brakenshire 6y agoyou've got to get a visa to go over to the rest of the US now. For business yes, for tourism no. And you'll need to pay tariffs to get good in or out. This is a zero tariff agreement. And you'll need to abide by our laws on those import and exports, things like emissions for cars, pesticides, safety regulations, that stuff. Yes, but that applies for all exports/imports under any circumstances.
- selimthegrim 6y agoPR, Guam, Saipan and CNM, USVI (except visafree)
- Brakenshire 6y agoOh, interesting, I hadn't considered how those territories worked. They're not in a customs union with the US then?
- selimthegrim 6y agoNot entirely, see the Jones Act for example and various carve outs for Saipan and Micronesia, maybe Samoa
- selimthegrim 6y agoI guess PR is but the others aren't - see https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/19/7.2 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/19/7.2
- iso947 6y agoBusiness meetings will mean an esta - like America, same as tourism. Work will mean a full blown visa. For each country. Imagine if you were a musician and needed a separate work visa for each US state. Goods like instruments and laptops still mean a carnet (although most countries ignore the requirement for carnet for things like phones and laptops) Limited to 90 days a year in Europe. lol on the quitter wimps that voted for brexit who own a house in Spain. They can rot in hell.
- rvba 6y agoThey wrote that if some state left USA then the citizens of that state would need a visa to travel or work. Say Texas left. Then Texans would need a visa to go or work in Florida.
- djmobley 6y agoExcept none of that applies to the deal that’s been negotiated between the UK and the EU...
- BurningFrog 6y agoAn independent Texas, California or other US state would be in the same situation as Canada. This doesn't seem bad at all to me.
- nradov 6y agoPuerto Rico is part of the US, but not a state. They have no seats in Congress, but don't have to pay federal income tax. Seems fair.
- rualca 6y ago> Isn't that the case of any country around the world? And now bear in mind that complying with EU regulation was one of the main propaganda points of the pro-Brexit campaign. It really makes no sense, but hey at least nacionalista demagogues got their way.
- pgcj_poster 6y ago> Doesn't mean the whole world should join the EU Maybe this is a stupid question, but why not?111
- avereveard 6y agoIt boils down to the euro stability and how the ECB related to local banks, you need all the participating countries to have tightly managed economies within a narrow set of parameters to maintain the currency, which is why the EU is much more vulnerable to a single state crisis than the USA
- LoSboccacc 6y agolol you lot downvoting have you ever heard of the Maastricht criteria? this site is a riot
- lispm 6y agoA country might want to trade with its direct (and near) neighbors as frictionless as possible. That's where usually the majority of the trade is going to and coming from... for example factories in the UK have been a part of the production networks in the EU with extensive just-in-time production logistics.
- mhh__ 6y agoMost countries aren't 20 miles from the EU
- Symbiote 6y ago0. The United Kingdom shares a border with the Republic of Ireland.
- rwmj 6y agoAt the moment ... United Ireland will happen within a few years, followed by an independent Scotland rejoining the EU.
- netsharc 6y agoI wonder if the London Wall will be the 20's (as in decade) version of the Berlin Wall, when London decides to join the EU. Or since I've been playing Cyberpunk 2077, they'll have some sort of digital border, and there'll be digital smugglers going back and forth...
- rossjudson 6y agoThis seems quite reasonable to me. I would predict many young people moving to a United Ireland and an independent Scotland so they can regain the freedom the older generations just stole from them.
- enraged_camel 6y agoDumb question: would the UK no longer be the UK at that point?
- mhh__ 6y agoDe jure yes, de facto no (England and Wales is still technically the UK). FWIW, the Tories probably going to be in power for at least another half-decade or two.
- DiogenesKynikos 6y agoThis is a visualization of the UK's export destinations: [1]. Exports to a big chunk of that diagram are about to get much more difficult. 1. https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/gbr/show/all/2018/ https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/gbr/show...