Brexit discussion thread XIV (Please read OP before posting)

reslfj

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123535213#Comment_123535213

The SM is more important for goods across the GIB→ES(i.e. EU) border.

The SM require accept of the ECJ as top court (or EEA membership via the EFTS pillar and accept the EFTA court)

Lars 😀

breezy1985

Gibraltar was 95% remain there won't be anyone trying to self sabotage for ideological reasons like the Unionists did.

yagan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123535977#Comment_123535977

Just to recap, NI is not in the SM but in the customs union which allows customs free trade, but not for services?

Peregrinus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123536214#Comment_123536214

The customs union allows trade in goods between its members, free of customs duties. Trade in services doesn't attract customs duties, so the question of freeing trade in services from customs duties doesn't arise.

The customs union doesn't facilitate trade in goods in other ways. Within the single market, goods coming from (say) France to (say) Ireland are presumed to comply with applicable goods standards, because common standards for goods apply throughout the SM. This is an aspect of the SM, not of the customs union, so a territory that was in the customs union but not the single market wouldn't benefit from this. Goods imported from such a territory would still have to be demonstrated to be compliant with EU market standards, and there would be cost/delay associated with satisfying this requirement. This is what's called a non-tariff barrier to trade.

Seth Brundle

The EU is set to double tariffs on steel from 25% to 50% which will hurt the UK steel industry. In addition, countries which had been selling into the EU could end up flooding the UK with their steel...

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-steel-set-for-further-hit-as-eu-to-double-tariffs-13446530

reslfj

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123887380#Comment_123887380

"Steel is explicitly included as a qualifying good under the TCA's general trade in goods framework".

The EU has a no tariff, no quota FTA treaty with the UK that includes steel (when RoO fulfilled).

Why should the TCA not continue unchanged when the EU introduces steel tariffs on other countries without a FTA or with a FTA not including steel ?

Lars 😀

Seth Brundle

The UK is to rejoin Erasmus from 2027 onwards fulfilling a Labour election manifesto promise. Taking a few key lines from the article…

British government under Boris Johnson claimed the programme did not offer value for money during Brexit

The UK government said up to 100,000 people of all ages could benefit in the first year, and stressed that Erasmus membership “will create educational and training opportunities for British apprentices, further education students and adult learners, as well as those in higher education”.

The UK’s contribution for 2027 will be approximately £570m, coming from existing departmental budgets.

In a joint statement, they said: “The United Kingdom association to Erasmus+ in 2027 would offer significant opportunities across the education, training, sport and youth sectors for individuals in the United Kingdom and the European Union, particularly for those in the younger generation.

The UK government said the terms would ensure “value for UK taxpayers while guaranteeing full participation benefits”.

UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme – The Irish Times

yagan

I guess the alternative scheme to Erasmus that Bojo set up will be let wither from memory.