> But presumably this is because the UK government doesn't want to import German cheeses. I'm no expert, but I'll go out on a limb and say definitively that n

> But presumably this is because the UK government doesn't want to import German cheeses. I'm no expert, but I'll go out on a limb and say definitively that no Brexit proponent listed "no German Cheeses" on their manifesto. This is a retconned explanation. Now, it's true that in principle that nations want some control over imports somewhere. But the point of the post above is that most of the time you don't, and exiting a free trade agreement means that many of those goods suddenly stop being available locally due to simple regulatory friction.