The leave has no problem with the trade deal offered - it gives them full ability to trade with the EU
and really "simple trade deal" -- the UK gets to continue its trade with the EU with no borders, no tariffs, nothing. Simple enough? And you want to have a "simple trade deal"? Why is there no "simple trade deal" between the UK and US agreed now? Because there are lots of little details that stop it - let's take 2 simple ones - the chicken and the egg. American chickens are chlorine washed and American eggs are washed. Both these violate both British laws and British public opinion. If the UK bans this, it stalls a trade deal. And there are thousands of items. No trade deal is simple
I dunno if it’s fair to say the American processing of chicken and eggs violates British public opinion. It violates British food processing standards right now only because it violates EU standards.
Yes, Chickens in the US are chlorine washed to kill off potentially harmful bacteria. Did you know Fruit and Vegetables in the EU right now get the very same treatment during food processing? Doesn’t this “violate British public opinion”? It must not since that’s the way it’s currently done and I haven’t heard of any massive outcry against it in the UK. Seems like it violates an arbitrary standard set by some EU bureaucrat a whole lot more than it violates British public opinion.
So why was that the standard set by the EU? It wasn’t because it is unsafe....after all they do it for fruits and vegetables currently and this has been done in the US for decades with no adverse health effects. It was because some EU bureaucrat felt that if this very effective means were used on chickens, that might then lead to lax practices in raising the chickens since producers would know they could get away with lower hygienic standards because the chlorine wash would just kill off any bacteria the chickens might pick up as a result. In other words, the current EU standard is completely ARBITRARY.
Being able to get out from under the arbitrary dictates of faceless bureaucrats in Brussels was a prime motivator for UKIPers. Yes, some flexibility will be needed for the US and UK to strike a trade deal......but let’s not swallow the bullshit being put out by whiny Remainerd that in order to strike trade deals with other countries (the US in particular), the UK will be required to accept 3rd world standards that will endanger the health of the British population. That’s just a laughable canard.