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If you can find a post from anyone who suggested that there is a WTO requirement for a border in Ireland, we can discuss the question on a sensible level.
A Blatant Lie by BJ about Trade between NI and GB.
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Like I said:
And to make it crystal clear, the WTO has no concern about where a border is physically located.
Think about Freeports, customs warehouses, etc.
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Typical resort to abusive comments when your argument is displayed as nonsense.
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When you're being abusive, why not double down, you've nothing left to lose.
If the WTO is not concerned were a border is located why not put it where it belongs and that is between N. I. and the RoI.
The WTO is not concerned about having a border at all, Notch seems to believe they are.
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Because that would defeat the Good Friday Agreement, and risk peace in Ireland.
I appreciate that DUP and their supporters are willing to sacrifice that, but DUP and their supporters are a minority, and dwindling, in Ireland.
This arrangment of an internal border between Boris and the EU is probably illegal under both domestic and international law.
The UK is supposed to based on equality of citizenship between its constituant nations.
If one nation is not enjoying the same rights and protection from foreign interference as the rest of the home nations, then something is wrong.
The UK is supposed to based on equality of citizenship between its constituant nations.
If one nation is not enjoying the same rights and protection from foreign interference as the rest of the home nations, then something is wrong.
This shabby deal called the N. I. Protocol exists allegedly to preserve peace in Ireland.
So if by its very nature it causes trouble in Ireland, then, its self destruct mechanism called article 16 should be triggered.
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Now why didn't you address the real issue in the first place instead of employing a strawman argument, and resorting to abusive language?
You're correct, WTO do not require 'controlled' borders. However neither do they insist on open borders.
Additionally, they do insist that if one border is open to one third country, the same must be applied to all third countries.
Therefore, it becomes obvious that if EU had an open border with UK, then they must open their borders to all.
So Notch7 was partly correct, in that if EU want a controlled border, in general, then they must also have a controlled border with UK, unless some trade deal does away with such requirement. But UK did not want such a trade deal.
Therefore, under WTO rules a border is required between EU and UK. But the specific location of any infrastructure is open to agreement between the neighbouring countries.
*U turn alert.*
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