Posted on 09/07/2016 10:56:58 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Germany on Wednesday warned Britain against negotiating free trade deals with non-EU member states before it quits the bloc, after Prime Minister Theresa May sought to drum up commerce agreements during a G20 summit in China.
“As spokesman of the German government, I am not going to judge who the British prime minister holds talks with,” Steffen Seibert told journalists in Berlin.
But he stressed that “it is clear that an EU member state cannot hold bilateral talks on free trade deals with non-EU states as long as it remains a member of the EU”. …
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Socialist desperation.
They may not be able to sign off on agreements....but negotiate....Merkel is full of crap.
So what is the EU going to do, kick the UK out of the EU?
Germany’s Empire is failing AGAIN
The EU is, and has always been, a stupid and non-viable notion.
Pffft Merkel.
UK to Germany: FU, Krauts!
What are you gonna do about it? Kick em out?
Petulant child!
Two thoughts. one, who the hell gave the Krauts the right to be a the EU rulemakers? And second, soon the Brits need to see this like a bad divorce.
Sometimes, you just walk out the door and leave everything just to be gone. Staying and negotiating about how you will extract yourself from someone who is angry you are leaving is a fools game.
Britain should simply declare the ties severed effective Monday. Then start negotiating how the EU will interact with them. Just rip that bandaid off.
Maybe the Brits could get the EU to kick them out. That would save everyone time and money.
Why should we put ourselves in the position of being out of the EU without any trade deals until we can negotiate them? Its none of their business what we decide to put in place for the day we finally leave.
Why should we put ourselves in the position of being out of the EU without any trade deals until we can negotiate them? Its none of their business what we decide to put in place for the day we finally leave.
The answer is simple, make the agreements effective the day the UK formally leaves the EU.
But they certainly can talk to any future trade partner that they wish.
The EU rules were not “all about trade” even from the beginning. The 1957 Treaty of Rome made it clear that the intent was for a political union, with the mention of the “ever-closer union” and “ensur(ing) the economic and social progress of their countries by common action in eliminating the barriers which divide Europe” in the preamble. Said treaty also established the common agricultural policy and made mention of a “common commercial policy” in the preamble.
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