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It's possible but it may have to mean UK concessions. The EU won't give regulatory concessions without another give.
Yeah, that was my point. The UK aligning with the EU is the UK conceding in a specific area. The concession bit was only in terms of the EU not demanding entire alignment as one package, but willingness to let the UK allign formally in smaller ways. There's probably a term for this, but think of something akin to Euro-creep.
But I still suspect low regulation GB is the aim of the people in the Tory party that deal with trade.
You're probably right (for a large chunk of them, any way). But large-scale disruption to the business sector will put pressure on them to find ways to ease the situation.
Hard to trust them to do the right thing ATM
Not ATM. Never. Ever. Trust. A. Tory.
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Agreeing to the EU SPS rules would allow the removal of a huge number of the biggest issues- but it means two things (maybe three) from the UK gov:
- Admitting that the deal they asked for caused these problems (making room to diverge)
- Letting go of the fabled US deal (why they made room to diverge)
- Signing up to EU regulation with no say in it
And I don’t think they have the integrity to do any of those rather than lose NI.
So we get Gove’s letter, asking for a two year transition for the rules his government asked for, four weeks after signing up to them, and before many come into action.
- Admitting that the deal they asked for caused these problems (making room to diverge)
Dammit
It's possible but it may have to mean UK concessions. The EU won't give regulatory concessions without another give.
And some UK asks may clash with the EU being concerned about UK trying to sneak in other tradedeals with lower food quality standards.
Now they could sell it if those concessions help farming and fishing, most people don't follow brexit in detail.
But I still suspect low regulation GB is the aim of the people in the Tory party that deal with trade.
Hard to trust them to do the right thing ATM