Re: The EU Referundum for the UK.
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:59 am
terryp wrote:You cannot put up a border in NI. It's taken so many years to get it down, the last thing they want is a new border.
I'm not sure anyone has an answer to this one only to not put up a border!!
The petty regulation you talk about with the car industry is basically for continunity of product throughout the EU. So if a car is made in Spain it will have the same spec as a car made in Germany etc and being able to freely sell the car throughout the EU, the basics of the single market.
If the UK come out of the single market and ditch the petty regulations as you say, the only people it would be able to sell cars to are the British! (After they repeal the EU regulations!)
Most Japannise producers use the UK as a springboard into the EU. Most were bought here by Thatcher years ago and promised free continued access into the EU. If the UK loses that access the attractiveness of their base in the UK goes especially with cheaper labour in Eastern Europe. And the Japanise car makers are going to be a little p*ssed off, hence the recent document received from the Japanise government.
Take Nissan in Sunderland, they employ 8000 people but the knock on industry's throughout the UK amount to another 30000 or more. Add to them Toyota, Hitachi, then the scale of the problem becomes obvious.
If the EEA option is adopted then they really lose control. They then have no say in any petty regulations that are decided by the other member states but at least the car manufacturers would stay.
Now this one, really has aged well.
Terry