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Actually it seems to be just the opposite from reports in the French press. They suggest that EU negotiating is now going much more smoothly than previously. Can't think why!
Does Barnier really represent what national governments want out of a leaving deal or are some of them cursing him?
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Actually it seems to be just the opposite from reports in the French press. They suggest that EU negotiating is now going much more smoothly than previously. Can't think why!
That's not the point I was making, the germans are saying come to us, we will give you what you want so you dont go to a cheaper eastern eu country.Tesla is hardly going to build a car plant in a country without any obvious market.
Tesla is already in Berlin. Building their biggest and most advanced technology plant to date. Merkel simply saying to Elon Musk, if you hit any problems along the way, just send me a text. Sorted!
Who would want to buy czech manufactured
when you can buy german
ollie989898
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Many German car companies have factories in Eastern Europe...
And Skodas are great cars.
Hindsight
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Tesla is hardly going to build a car plant in a country without any obvious market.
Indeed why would you locate a factory a few miles from a market of 350 million affluent people with a singel no border market and then face a 10% tariff to access that market. How odd. Anyway Professor Minford - the Leave economics guru - always said that closing / losing the UK car manufacturing base was an inevitable and price wrth paying to leave the EU. I presume he knew what he was talking about. The folk living near Derby and the Toyota factory thought so.
ollie989898
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Not saying anything about Skoda, the Audi TT used to be built in Hungary IIRC.
FFS it's not about building in the EU as opposed to the UK it's the germans giving Tesla anything they want so they go there rather than any other EU country, they are bending the rules but it doesnt look like the rest have the balls to complain about it, after all Germany are the paymasters, look st the difference with the Irish tax treatment of internet sellers etc, the eu doesnt like that one bit.
Then we have the EU now demanding we give them the veto over any subs/sweeteners we give to companies that want to set up here.
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Minford's proposal was to get rid of the majority of what remained of UK manufacturing and Agriculture and turn the country into some sort of technology hub. And I notice that more recently he claims the Covid will have no real effect on the UK economy. Maybe he should get out of his ivory tower and have a look round a bit more often.
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I've not noticed anyone complaining about the billions being pumped into the economy atm to support businesses.
And there you have one of the main reasons why we are better off out of the United States of Germany.
Farmer1001
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That doesn’t mean it’s a good idea though. ND will not happen, whilst the EU maybe prepped for it, we aren’t. Anyway Raab said today there are two issues left - fishing and something else (can’t remember the other) - sorry fishers but....
That's because everyone is doing it, there is no choice
Provisions of state aid , which is absolutely nothing to do with the EU really .
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So there's no subsidised trade in the EU ?
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Depends who needs a deal the most ....