""Alongside demands that Britain give up its right as a sovereign nation to support industries during times of national crisis, the EU has demanded that Britain agree to alignment on standards of environmental and labour regulations in order to create a so-called “level playing field”.
The bloc has also demanded that Britain submit to continued EU control over its lucrative fisheries in exchange for a post-Brexit trade deal. The British government has so far refused to bow to the demands set out by the bloc, leading to negotiations to break down.""
EU control over state aid has previously made it difficult or impossible to rescue strategic industries such as steel. It also hastened the demise of our car industries. The French and Germans of course ignored the rules and carried on subsidising coal, steel, car manufacturers, and any other sector that they saw vital to their well being and fined us if we did the same.
Tony Abbot will do us proud. He was Australian PM and will know the WTO rules andmethods of doing business off pat. We do not have a civil serpent who has a clue about the ins and outs or the internal politics of the organisation, he does. Plus he can give our Naval Border Control suits a bit of advice on how to do it.