How do we think EU negotiations will go?

[Murph7355]

PurpleMoonlight said:

Do we export many blankets to the EU?

Quite possibly. Curtains were mentioned before so I suspect we do well in most soft furnishings.

[jonnyb]

AC43 said:

///ajd said:

The main threat to us is from EU tariffs if we don't get a zero tariff deal with the EU

Yes but under WTO rules the blanket tariff is, I think, 2.9%. Which had already been offset but the 10%+ fall in sterling. So not sure this particular issue is a cliff edge.

WTO rules don't cover services, which is the biggest sector of our economy, and the largest chunk of our exports.

[KarlMac]

The tide starting to turn?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/832771/Brexit-new...

Ord and AJD need to call the bods at BMW and let them know they're making a massive mistake.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40718892

Remember kids, repeat after me

"The sky is falling in"
"The sky is falling in"
"The sky is falling in"

Edited by KarlMac on Tuesday 25th July 13:55

[andymadmak]

KarlMac said:

The tide starting to turn?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/832771/Brexit-new...

Ord and AJD need to call the bods at BMW and let them know they're making a massive mistake.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40718892

Remember kids, repeat after me

"The sky is falling in"
"The sky is falling in"
"The sky is falling in"

Edited by KarlMac on Tuesday 25th July 13:55

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40718892

I can't be arsed to look for it, but I am pretty sure that there was mention of the electric MINI production on one of these Brexit threads a little while ago. Speculation was that the production was to go elsewhere, and of course some of the usual suspects were very quick to leap in and point to the speculation as fact and thence use it as further ammunition against Brexit............
It seems to be a recurring theme of some in the Remain camp that anything that might go wrong is taken as gospel that it will go wrong. Anything possibly positive is ignored. I wonder how they will ignore this piece of news!

[KarlMac]

andymadmak said:

KarlMac said:

The tide starting to turn?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/832771/Brexit-new...

Ord and AJD need to call the bods at BMW and let them know they're making a massive mistake.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40718892

Remember kids, repeat after me

"The sky is falling in"
"The sky is falling in"
"The sky is falling in"

Edited by KarlMac on Tuesday 25th July 13:55

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40718892

Even trump's on the bandwagon now!!

http://news.sky.com/story/trump-says-he-is-working...

The sky is falling in.

[Nothingtoseehere]

KarlMac said:

Even trump's on the bandwagon now!!

http://news.sky.com/story/trump-says-he-is-working...

The sky is falling in.

If it happens,will the Trump thread implode?

[Roboraver]

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-eu-nego...

Not very well.

[Nothingtoseehere]

Roboraver said:

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-eu-nego...

Not very well.

I think the last paragraph tells all you need to know...

[KarlMac]

Nothingtoseehere said:

Roboraver said:

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-eu-nego...

Not very well.

I think the last paragraph tells all you need to know...

Steve Bullock worked at the UK Representation to the EU from 2010-2014 where he negotiated several EU regulations for the UK in European Council working groups. He has also worked for the European Commission and the Department for International Development’s Europe Department, and now works with The UK in a Changing Europe

Bullocks indeed.

[Nothingtoseehere]

KarlMac said:

Steve Bullock worked at the UK Representation to the EU from 2010-2014 where he negotiated several EU regulations for the UK in European Council working groups. He has also worked for the European Commission and the Department for International Development’s Europe Department, and now works with The UK in a Changing Europe

Bullocks indeed.

Really reads as a list of nonsense,another promoter of EU rubbish.

[StottyGTR]

Roboraver said:

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-eu-nego...

Not very well.

Did you not notice the bias in the article?

"Brexit would have been a terrible idea even if done as well as possible"

I wonder if he has good news or bad news on Brexit

[AC43]

Murph7355 said:

PurpleMoonlight said:

Do we export many blankets to the EU?

Quite possibly. Curtains were mentioned before so I suspect we do well in most soft furnishings.

We're near capacity in scatter cushions. I'm short selling them. Get in while you can.

(in serious news manufacturing has been doing so well recently that the previous backlog of spare capacity of industrial units (2.5 years) has now dropped to about 1).

I'm going to build a soft furnishing factory.

[barryrs]

The mickey taking has reminded me of a documentary a few years ago where a British firm was looking to shut down its Chinese factory and bring all manufacturing back to the UK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17952023

[Mrr T]

Nothingtoseehere said:

KarlMac said:

Steve Bullock worked at the UK Representation to the EU from 2010-2014 where he negotiated several EU regulations for the UK in European Council working groups. He has also worked for the European Commission and the Department for International Development’s Europe Department, and now works with The UK in a Changing Europe

Bullocks indeed.

Really reads as a list of nonsense,another promoter of EU rubbish.

Really! 10 minutes on the web will show those are all questions which must be resolved for Brexit.

[Nothingtoseehere]

Mrr T said:

Really! 10 minutes on the web will show those are all questions which must be resolved for Brexit.

I'd send you a parrot but I'll let you off as I think I was too subtle.

[KarlMac]

Mrr T said:

Nothingtoseehere said:

KarlMac said:

Steve Bullock worked at the UK Representation to the EU from 2010-2014 where he negotiated several EU regulations for the UK in European Council working groups. He has also worked for the European Commission and the Department for International Development’s Europe Department, and now works with The UK in a Changing Europe

Bullocks indeed.

Really reads as a list of nonsense,another promoter of EU rubbish.

Really! 10 minutes on the web will show those are all questions which must be resolved for Brexit.

Yes, but the premise of the article (that there is a pre-determined answer to these questions) is, well, Bullocks.

[ORD]

Yeah! What would he know? He has no relevant experience, especially not compared to Farage or BoJo or Davis or Gove or any other Brexiteer nutjob.

[Einion Yrth]

ORD said:

Yeah! What would he know? He has no relevant experience, especially not compared to Farage or BoJo or Davis or Gove or any other Brexiteer nutjob.

You know, even if you had a point, the ludicrously hysterical levels of hyperbole would make you a laughing stock.

[jonnyb]

Einion Yrth said:

ORD said:

Yeah! What would he know? He has no relevant experience, especially not compared to Farage or BoJo or Davis or Gove or any other Brexiteer nutjob.

You know, even if you had a point, the ludicrously hysterical levels of hyperbole would make you a laughing stock.

Sorry, but ORD has a point.
Non of the brexit mafia have any relevant experience in negotiating with the EU. So when someone comes along who has, even if their view doesn't sit well with your own, they should be listened to.
Or are we really going back to Goves "experts" comment?

[Einion Yrth]

jonnyb said:

Einion Yrth said:

ORD said:

Yeah! What would he know? He has no relevant experience, especially not compared to Farage or BoJo or Davis or Gove or any other Brexiteer nutjob.

You know, even if you had a point, the ludicrously hysterical levels of hyperbole would make you a laughing stock.

Sorry, but ORD has a point.
Non of the brexit mafia have any relevant experience in negotiating with the EU. So when someone comes along who has, even if their view doesn't sit well with your own, they should be listened to.
Or are we really going back to Goves "experts" comment?

Ok, I'll amend it "You know, you may have a point, however the ludicrously hysterical levels of hyperbole tend to make you a laughing stock."