Why the British economy has done better than expected since the Brexit vote

[OneTime]

Pyro as Bill said:

OneTime said:

I think that you need to look up what unilateral means...  In any case the EU is about consumer protection legislation, not tariffs.  Import tax is pretty low to the EU.  It’s things like anti-slavery, environmental impact and safety that form the bulk trade deals...

 

....and the EU doesn’t want the UK to be a back door to this.  Hence the problem...

The excuses for protectionism never change.

I think it has more to do with the UK having the ability to abolish VAT and corporation tax tbh but that might just be the Irish.

 

Sure - call it protectionism, but leaving to EU isn’t going to result in any of that changing.  Just look at the outcry from Grenfeld towers.  If anything, we’re gonna spend even more money duplicating Brussels regulation.  Just with subtle differences so that it’s a costly pain fo companies to deal with both EU and UK law...