Flyin'Dutch' wrote:Where there is no EU alternative for supplies, of course, trade will continue. And if that means you can continue to sell to the French then I am genuinely pleased for you.
Not everyone is as lucky though as we know with some industries significantly affected.
Here is the OBR's initial assessment, published in March.
https://obr.uk/box/the-initial-impact-o ... th-the-eu/
From that page,
We expect the full impact of Brexit on trade to be manifest only after all the terms of the TCA have been fully implemented and businesses have had time to adjust fully to the change in trading conditions,
OBR recognises a snap shot now, is just that.
The report also goes on to show
both exports and imports are down. If imports are down, and assuming demand is constant, either we are sourcing internally or global supply just can not produce. I've struggled the last 2 years with supplies globally due to electronic component shortages. Even PilotAware can't supply due to "global chip shortages". Global, not EU/UK.
As @Milty mentioned, VAT is just a complete mess. It is almost as if the requirement was to just be bloody difficult. The EU, "we are one" mantra goes completely out of the window when the UK wants to export, suddenly "we are 27". No place globally is more difficult to export to than the EU, possibly excluding North Korea and Iran, but it is still happening.
We need to get back to the pandemic discussion.
Oh @Milty congrats on the contracts, well done!
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