05-06-2019, 11:26
And this is from Bloomberg....even the American media know the score, yet ours peddle lies and unicorns.
"The actual tariff benefits from any free-trade deal with the U.S. would be modest. Duties on imports are already quite low at less than 3% on average, although the EU sets substantially higher tariffs for agriculture and some manufactured products like cars. The U.K. would be expected to take in more U.S. agricultural imports at a time when Britain’s farming sector is losing its EU subsidies, and accept U.S. regulations for plant and animal products, which would put it in conflict with European regulation"
"The actual tariff benefits from any free-trade deal with the U.S. would be modest. Duties on imports are already quite low at less than 3% on average, although the EU sets substantially higher tariffs for agriculture and some manufactured products like cars. The U.K. would be expected to take in more U.S. agricultural imports at a time when Britain’s farming sector is losing its EU subsidies, and accept U.S. regulations for plant and animal products, which would put it in conflict with European regulation"