Joe Biden on Brexit and the Internal Market Bill
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The UK's position on this shouldn't be about if. The UK shouldn't be having a conversation about it at all. The UK should be allowed to conduct trade within it's own borders without regard to the EU.
They unwisely signed an agreement which requires them to control trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland for goods which are considered "at high risk" for being exported. Then the EU decided that all goods were at such high risk, and as a result the UK is proposing breaking the agreement (the Withdrawal Agreement, not the Good Friday Accords)
"High risk for being exported"
pbbt.
"There's a high risk that you could sell this for money and compete with me. Can't let you do that, Star Fox."
I swear, the UK's negotiation position needs to be "Eat Shit And Die".
That does actually appear to be a pressing fear for the EU, one of the reasons they have been so insistent on "regulatory alignment" - i.e., the British agreeing to subject themselves to EU regulations.
They're very worried about having to compete with a country right next door that's no longer hobbling itself.
Hm. It's as if the EU was never about benefiting member states, but benefiting only itself.
(and maybe Germany)
That's what the UK Government bill is intended to address, yes.