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I'm guessing they'll try to remove freedom of movement or heavily restrict a quota might be a compromise.
I'm not too sure here but maybe we could be used as a stepping stone to trading with the EU for others outside the EU. Could benefit both parties then?
GoatandTricycle-
I'm guessing they'll try to remove freedom of movement
At which point they'd no longer be in regulatory alignment though?
I guess we'll see. It does sound like one of the first things that they'll try to get rid of.
Without which, they'd be placing firms at a significant competitive disadvantage by not being allowed to recruit from around Europe, whilst still not being able to take advantage of less strict regs as they're in 'alignment'
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I'm not too sure here but maybe we could be used as a stepping stone to trading with the EU for others outside the EU. Could benefit both parties then?
Being a member of the single market and customs union makes us the EU border, in all but name - to trade with us would be to trade with the EU, so no point using us as a stepping stone for routing goods into Europe for any new reason - access to ports, shipping infra etc still the same as it ever was.
christianSpaceman
Dammit
I don't understand the upside for the UK from this. Am I missing something?
If they're not allowed to diverge from EU regulations, then they'll never be able to realise any advantage from not being in there, whilst at the same time being the subject of whatever changes the EU could impose. Why would a business prefer to be in the UK (where they can't influence govt regulatory changes) as oppose to an EU country (where they can)?