Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Australia and New Zealand's Trade Negotiations With The European Union Explained - TLDR News" video.

Honestly, it sounds like a pipe dream from Brexiteers in the UK, I mean don't get me wrong, there is some merit in it but the logistics of making that work with all those countries on the other side of the planet seems crazy and worse yet, if you look at almost every country around the world, most trade is done with nearby countries because it makes economic sense to do so, that isn't going to change any time soon and does suggest that the EU is going to remain the UK's biggest market for a long time to come, basically, it's in the interest of the UK to get a solid deal with the EU because half thier trade is with them and that isn't going to change any time soon.
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I think the problem is with that kind of deal is distance, all those countries couldn't be any further away from each other if they tried and most natural trade tends to go with nearby countries. It's a nice aim but I don't see it amounting to much and I have to wonder, wouldn't it still be cheaper for the likes of the UK to just buy from the EU market even if they is tariffs then to get from half way around the world? Even a deal with the EU, Australia and New Zealand will be quite limited because of their distance, for all of them, it still makes more sense to find closer trading partners but in the case of Australia and New Zealand, I suspect they want to offset some of its dependency on trade with nearby countries and the US, especially with how things are going with the US and China and the EU is a natural partner for Australia and New Zealand.
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@strofikornego9408 Problem is for Switzerland is that they are so central in the EU that it would be difficult for them to remove free movement of people and goods without it hurting them a lot as a lot of trade and people likely travels through Switzerland to get to other EU members, I highly doubt that Switzerland would want to upset that considering how profitable it must be for them.
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@geoffmcclelland2663 If you live in the EU schengen zone, going from one country to another in the EU is basically like going from one US state to another, there isn't really any restrictions or borders, you just go as if you are travelling to another town, I don't think any other country offers anything like that to other countries.
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@mark63424able Yep and have you seen the trade among them? it's hardly the same as creating a close alliance that the UK is desperate to create and I don't mind, the countries are even further apart with that CANZUK deal lol. Basically, you are just talking normal trade, nothing special and it's the same kind of trade like the EU does with countless countries around the world, that isn't going to change anything for the UK because to really create a power block, you need to be a lot closer, to create a political and economic union were far fewer restrictions, what you are talking about isn't even close to that. The truth is, the EU is an example of how to create a power block the right way, it's highly unlikely the UK is going to be able to do that with others, especially going on the message of what Brexit was all about, so yes, it's a pipe dream. Besides, what happened about the Commonwealth? I though that was supposed to be the dream for Brexiteers until a lot of those countries showed they didn't care, but ask yourself one simple thing, why is the UK latching on to things like the Commonwealth, the CANZUK and all that? it smells of desperation that they know the UK is in decline and are trying to cling onto any thing. On the plus side, at least a lot of this is coming from Brexiteers so maybe they know they've messed up big time on Brexit and now are getting desperate.
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@Will-ul9oc They can if they lock them in a room, don't feed them, don't allow them to sleep until a deal is made, it seems to work well for them lol. As for the UK, the EU doesn't seem to care any more about what the UK wants, it's old news for them now, I suspect they are more interested in fostering relations with other countries around the world, including Russia and China, especially with how unstable the US is getting. The real risk I am seeing is with the rift between the EU and US, if they don't sort that out, it's going to be harder to protect western values and that will impact all western countries as the EU and US are the only things really protecting that and with a shift in power from west to east, the EU and US really need to work together before it's too late.
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@mark63424able The UK could already trade with those countries even inside the EU but it didn't make much economic sense to do so because of the distance, especially when most of the things they needed, they could get from the EU market, the US is an exception to the rule because of it's size but even there, the EU and US have many bilateral agreements on trade. But the truth is why it seems like a pipe dream that CANZUK is because of the distance from each other and even some of the difference, I highly doubt Canada would want to get too close to a Brexit UK with the path the UK is taking, Australia might but Canada and New Zealand, I doubt they will. Basically, the real problem is this, the US and UK are going off the rails, the likes of Canada want new friends, hence why they speeded up the free trade deal with the EU, even Japan are thinking along the same lines because they see the EU as stable whereas they see the US and UK going off the rails because of popularize governments and policies they are doing, it all seems like many of those countries are favouring the EU over the others and honestly, can you blame them? they are one of the only big powers that isn't losing the plot like the US, UK and China is.
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@didierlemoine6771 They won't, there is a reason why Japan and Canada speeded up the free trade deals with the EU and it's because they want to make new friends in a world where the US, UK and China look unstable and unreliable, basically, of all the big powers, the EU is the only one that looks like it's not gone off the rails so I can't blame those other countries for wanting to get closer to the EU, that's bad news for the US and even the UK because a lot of those countries won't want to get on the wrong side of the EU and that will limit what those countries can give the UK on trade terms. Politics is a dirty game and with the way the world is going, many countries are edging their bets and it looks like the EU is winning on that one because trade deals seems to be speeding up with the EU and other countries, especially since Trump got into power.
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Almost all countries or unions do some kind of protectionist measures, especially the bigger powers, that's just the nature of the beast in these games, after all, look at the talks with the US and UK and the demands the US is putting on the UK.
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