Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "UK exports to EU plunge 40 per cent in January" video.

  1. The real alarming thing is that the drop is much higher for the UK than the other way around with the EU, basically, trade has dropped on both side but EU companies are still selling more to the UK than the UK is selling to the EU and to make things worse, the UK government is making it easier for EU companies to sell in the UK whiles the EU isn't doing the same back. This is basically the EU having it's cake and eating it at our expense, who would have thought lol. What makes it funny is that the Brexiteers are getting all defensive on this, they know they've messed up but can't be seen to admit that, so with that, their arses needed to be burnt for a few years for the real penny to drop, which ironically, a hard like Brexit was the only way those clowns were going to learn because they clearly didn't want to listen to reality and as we are seeing, project fear has become fact and it's only going to get worse in time. You also have to wonder how bad the UK is willing to let relations get worse with the EU because so far, the EU is outsmarting the UK when it comes to Brexit.
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  2.  @emm_arr  Look at the trade deal the EU and UK signed, it's very one sided in favour of the EU, anyone with a brain can see the EU got by far the better deal, heck even the trading amount more or less says that. But like I said, this was needed, Brexiteers were not going to learn until they feel the pain of it the hard way, now we've got a long road ahead on that, the pandemic will just help to compound it in the short term but the cost of Brexit is longer term. In any case, it's clear to see the UK government wasn't ready for Brexit that you wonder if they even read what they signed, never seen such incompetents in a government in all my life.
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  3.  Ryan McRae  True but the problem is that it isn't that simple, there is a reason why most countries trade with nearby countries the most and it's because it makes economic sense to do so, trading a lot more with Asia will cost more, might even cost more if it was tariff-free and there are tariffs on EU goods. In the end, most of our trade is going to be with nearby countries and as the EU is our biggest partner, it makes a lot more sense to get on good terms with them than with others half way around the world.
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  4.  Ryan McRae  It's not that simple, food is only one area we come short on, in truth, the real problem is man power, we just don't have enough to cover all bases as we're not big enough, the EU, US and China are big enough that they can make almost anything internally to be self-sufficient, we in the UK don't have that luxury, also another factor when it comes to food is the weather, the UK isn't suited for growing many foods, at least not without using a lot more energy but that would bump up the price of those foods which would defeat the purpose of doing it. We have to be careful about deregulation in the UK, it sounds like a good idea to reduce red tape but deregulation is just another word for watering down rights from workers rights to food standards, safety standards and so on with the aim of reducing cost, that's something I can see the UK doing as we are at a disadvantage now we've left the EU but in the end, it's the common people that pay the price. Investment in tech has been booming for a while, not just in the UK but across the EU for the last 5 years and very likely because of Trump and his policies, it's likely pushing others to be less dependent on others for tech, in other words, the EU and the UK are building a tech industry in big part thanks to Trump and his antics. At the end of the day, the UK is screwed, out of the EU doesn't stop other countries dictating terms to us, just now we have a weaker hand to fight back on, in the EU, we had a lot of protection because of the size of the EU market whereas now sharks are circleling to peck at the UK, after all, a lot of countries around the world see a big opening to get a better deal for themselves at the expense of the UK, something that was much harder to do whiles the UK was in the EU because of economy of scale, the size of the market means a lot more want to trade with them and that gives the EU clout to getting better terms for it's self, as for the UK, we're in a slow decline now and the sad thing is, we're not going to see it until it's too late.
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