Reeves suggests UK-EU trade more important than US deal ahead of Washington talks

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• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Demonstrably so for the simple reason that any deal with the US is not trustworthy. The administration cannot be relied upon to not do a rug pull. There is no point wasting time negotiating a deal that will last all of 5 weeks or until Trump has his next tantrum whichever comes first.

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• HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  And the acceptance that the EU is a priority is also acceptance that none of trump’s desires can happen.

  Us downgrading to accept any US standards that are not already EU accepted. Means we will not be able to sign a simple deal with the EU.

  As soon as we accept multiple incompatible tradeing rules. Trade with the EU becomes more complex and expensive.

  And trump etc al have absolutely no interest in adapting to any standard but their own.

  Besides this. Trump has already proven no deal signed with the US is worth the paper it is written on. Even his own deals signed with Canada are worthless as soon as he decides he doesn’t like them.

  And we can never trust the nation not to vothe narcissistic idiots in again. The US is just not trustworthy as a trade partner.

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  • wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Us downgrading to accept any US standards that are not already EU accepted. Means we will not be able to sign a simple deal with the EU.

    Which is, I think, somebody’s plan. Brexit distanced us from Europe. US standards would make the split irreparable.

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• realconor@feddit.uk ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  their number one priority should be domestic manufacturing to benefit a greater degree of self-sustainence, though labour (and the rest of them in their big-number-in-the-bank driven greed) can’t possibly side with this logic

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