Ukraine counter offensive

[carmanmemoranda]

The EU has obviously thought about it.
The Protocol agreement which they said couldn't be renegotiated is now up for renegotiation.
The EU is now saying that only a couple of trucks a day now need to be inspected and only if there is reasonable suspicion of something dodgy on board.
They now realise how much they need Britain to bale them out in their self inflicted war in Ukraine.

That doesn't look like what the EU are saying unless you have something different to show.

Controversial NI Protocol Bill passed - EU issues further legal action against UK | Lewis Silkin

Nothing that concerns Brexit and Northern Ireland (<strong>NI</strong>) was ever going to be straightforward, given the potentially divisive and disruptive nature of any arrangements relating to the latter in the context of trying to reach a deal on the former.

www.lewissilkin.com

 

[Deleted member 174758]

. 'behind the Russian invasion stands the world’s manufacturing capital – China. As the US begins to expend more and more of its stockpiles to keep Ukraine in the war, China has yet to provide any meaningful military assistance to Russia. The West must assume that China will not allow Russia to be defeated, especially due to a lack of ammunition'

Set against that is the where China derives its' income. With very much the greater part of the world' wealth, and it's wealthiest consumers in North Americs, Australasia and Europe, can China actually afford to hack off it's' biggest customer base, especially in the light of increased competition from its' Pacific Rim neighbours and the first murmerings of unrest amongst the Chinese populace at home about wages and working conditions? I read something about this recently in some of other magazine, maybe the Economist, not sure (but I know it was a printed publication, not on line)

 

[transam]

Lol.
Don't bother reading the article.

I won’t thanks all the same

 

[transam]

They do just as the Russian have as well.

What actually manufacture there own than

Blimey who would have thought

 

[JohnD]

They now realise how much they need Britain to bale them out in their self inflicted war in Ukraine.

The only people suffering from a self-inflicted war are Putin and his supporters.

Britain is not baling them out.

 

[gant]

Come on John boy America was never going to let the eu get above their station.
Their money is in America's back pocket.

 

[JohnD]

Actually, it's Johnson's dUK crawling up that direction.

 

[gant]

That was ever thus so much so why you'd use such an argument.

 

[Notch7]

The EU is now saying that only a couple of trucks a day now need to be inspected and only if there is reasonable suspicion of something dodgy on board

That is because Northern Ireland has mostly moved its suppliers from GB to RoI and rest of EU.

guess what Single Market = $16 trillion marketplace with no friction access for NI
guess what GB internal market = $2.7 trillion with high trade barriers.

PS, checks at border are a tiny part of the Brexit trade barriers

 

[Vinty]

That is because Northern Ireland has mostly moved its suppliers from GB to RoI and rest of EU.

Don't you ever take a day off.

 

[Vinty]

That doesn't look like what the EU are saying unless you have something different to show.

Controversial NI Protocol Bill passed - EU issues further legal action against UK | Lewis Silkin

Nothing that concerns Brexit and Northern Ireland (<strong>NI</strong>) was ever going to be straightforward, given the potentially divisive and disruptive nature of any arrangements relating to the latter in the context of trying to reach a deal on the former.

www.lewissilkin.com

EU offers to reduce NI border controls to ‘couple of lorries a day’

GB-NI trade border can be almost ‘invisible’, says European Commission VP in bid to restart talks

www.independent.co.uk

 

[carmanmemoranda]

EU offers to reduce NI border controls to ‘couple of lorries a day’

GB-NI trade border can be almost ‘invisible’, says European Commission VP in bid to restart talks

www.independent.co.uk

From your link

Mr Sefcovic said the EU was willing to compromise, but Brussels’ proposals to cut protocol checks set out last October should be the basis for resuming talks

 

[Deleted member 174758]

What actually manufacture there own than

Yep, they also manufacture lots of stuff for the Ukrainians...

... and then give it away free. Amazing what you can do with an oil economy

 

[Vinty]

That doesn't look like what the EU are saying unless you have something different to show.

Controversial NI Protocol Bill passed - EU issues further legal action against UK | Lewis Silkin

Nothing that concerns Brexit and Northern Ireland (<strong>NI</strong>) was ever going to be straightforward, given the potentially divisive and disruptive nature of any arrangements relating to the latter in the context of trying to reach a deal on the former.

www.lewissilkin.com

The EU aee begging Britain to restart negotiations on an agreement that they said was non negotiable.

EU offers to reduce NI border controls to ‘couple of lorries a day’

GB-NI trade border can be almost ‘invisible’, says European Commission VP in bid to restart talks

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Deleted member 174758]

The EU aee begging Britain to restart negotiations on an agreement that they said was non negotiable.

Ha! In your dreams!