Post by PaulG2 on Sept 5, 2016 0:12:58 GMT
Theresa May is attending the G-20 summit in Beijing and making public statements that she may have to bow to the EU and leave your borders open to any and all comers even after Brexit.
BoJo, on the other hand, is sticking with his guns and demanding that one of the main intents of Brexit, that uncontrolled immigration be stopped, is doable. May is pretending that the UK simply doesn't have the ability to negotiate such a thing if they want to keep trading with the EU. A quick look at UK trade statistics shows just what a worm May is.
Key Points:
Total UK trade exports for June 2016 were £24.9 billion.
Total UK trade imports for June 2016 were £40.2 billion.
The UK was a net importer this month, with imports exceeding exports by £15.3 billion. Imports from China accounted for £3 Billion and the USA £3.2 Billion. The rest of the trade was with EU partners.
So the UK had a net +/- £9 Billion trade defecit with EU trading partners in just one month (June) of 2016. For those with ADD, that means the UK bought £9 billion more from the EU than they sold to them.
I'd say BoJo is in a pretty damn good position to play hardball with the EU. The EU needs the UK more than the UK needs the EU.
www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/OverseasTradeStatistics/Pages/OTS.aspx
Personally, I don't have a dog in this fight, however, the USA needs to defeat the TPP and the TTIP and get out of NAFTA and the WTO and if a small country like the UK can show that it's possible to regain their sovereignty then politicians here will be harder pressed to argue otherwise for us.
BoJo, on the other hand, is sticking with his guns and demanding that one of the main intents of Brexit, that uncontrolled immigration be stopped, is doable. May is pretending that the UK simply doesn't have the ability to negotiate such a thing if they want to keep trading with the EU. A quick look at UK trade statistics shows just what a worm May is.
Key Points:
Total UK trade exports for June 2016 were £24.9 billion.
Total UK trade imports for June 2016 were £40.2 billion.
The UK was a net importer this month, with imports exceeding exports by £15.3 billion. Imports from China accounted for £3 Billion and the USA £3.2 Billion. The rest of the trade was with EU partners.
So the UK had a net +/- £9 Billion trade defecit with EU trading partners in just one month (June) of 2016. For those with ADD, that means the UK bought £9 billion more from the EU than they sold to them.
I'd say BoJo is in a pretty damn good position to play hardball with the EU. The EU needs the UK more than the UK needs the EU.
www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/OverseasTradeStatistics/Pages/OTS.aspx
Personally, I don't have a dog in this fight, however, the USA needs to defeat the TPP and the TTIP and get out of NAFTA and the WTO and if a small country like the UK can show that it's possible to regain their sovereignty then politicians here will be harder pressed to argue otherwise for us.
