At What Price?

[cassa333]

At what price does a customs union have to be to be not worth the money you pay?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43186005

Best case senario we get a customs deal with the EU that is good for both the UK and EU at a cost (to us especially) that is acceptable? Easy peesy right?? Both parties should be united in this aim. But where does the divergence come in?

At what price are we and should we be willing to pay? In both monetary and regulatory terms and in our ability to garner deals world wide without interference?

Under what terms regarding regulatory and our ability to trade world wide, are both parties willing to accept?

Both parties should be doing the same thing surely? Best of EU, best of the world. Anything less and they are selling us short.

[Zacs-Master]

I admire your positivity NJ. But it is a little.......idealistic.

[youngmafbog]

How is NJ being idealistic? It is what happens.

People will trade it is simply the mechanism that changes usually with Governments bickering or being protectionist.

We do not have tarriff free trade at the mnoment, it cost us billions to do so. Leaving means we have to pay a tarrif on the goods imported. OK so if those goods become too expensive then we wont buy them but at least it will be fair. Someone buying a car manufactured in this country should not be subsidizing a BMW buyer.