Comments by "Neodym" (@neodym5809) on "Does the EU Need a Deal with Britain: Can Europe Cope with a No Deal Brexit? - TLDR News" video.

@VME-Brad What place in the world has a food surplus to be suddenly able to replace the EU, and can reach the UK in 24h time? There is no farmer currently throwing away his food waiting for the UK market to open. And there is no farmer suddenly able to increase production massively to replace EU. The UK will remain dependent on EU food imports, because no other country in the world, or even combination of countries, has the necessary food surplus to take over.
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Tariffs are not the main issue that will drive costs. Take medicine: The cost to certify a new drug is significant, no matter the market size. Currently, if a drug is certified in one EU country, it can be sold in all. From next year on, a drug has both to be certified in the EU and UK, costing similar. If it is a drug for a disease only few people get, it might not be worth it to certify it for the UK market, so the drug will not become available. Take chemicals: to register a chemical, extensive testing and certification is necessary. If it is chemical the UK does not use much, it might not be worth it, so the UK gets cut of this supply as well. Aviation: every piece of equipment requires certification. UK certification's will no longer be valid in the EU next year, so every product you want to sell in the EU and UK will double in certification costs. Foods: sanitary and phytosanitary checks will become necessary. These are not tariffs, but expensive, as documentation, experts and labs are required, as well as delays in shipment. Tariffs are a minor issue compared to mutual recognition of standards.
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@paulcarroll6995 Of course Brexit will damage both the UK and the EU, that was the intention. But for the EU, it is a damage limitation exercise: for them, a bad deal is worse than no deal. As the German chamber of car manufacturers stated (and was not mentioned in this video): it is better to lose access to the UK market than to damage the integrity of the EU single market.
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@Έκπληξηρυσός even with lowered standards its extra costs, or do you expect no standards and checks at all? Remember, due to WTO MFN, all countries have to be treated equally.
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@paulcarroll6995 The UK is alone. Nobody is following it. Everybody is planing how to get a piece of it, no mercy, no friends.
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steve gale No. UK did not get its own quotas from Japan, it is only allowed to use quotas of the EU, in the event that the EU does not use them fully themselfs.
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@Jester-Riddle It is the very nature of a custom union on WTO terms that individual countries cant do deals. Furthermore, there is no entity with so many trade deals than the EU, so if the EU has a poor record, everyone else is still worse. The UK alone so far has only copied existing EU trade agreements on worse terms. If for you worse terms is flexible, you are right.
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@scottriseborough4530 No country in the EU wants to leave it, even EU skeptic parties dont want to anymore.
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@dnbattley the main issue is fresh vegetables and fruit
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@alanparlane5498 Tariffs are not imposed by EU law, but by WTO rules.
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@VME-Brad Fresh vegetables and fruits contradicts flash freezing, doesnt it?
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Nothing against TLDR, but they mostly use other journalist sources to make their videos, they rely on good journalism.
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@dnbattley one problem: UK food imports from places like South America are entering via Rotterdam. The UK does not have the necessary port facilities to import them on their own.
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@VME-Brad so certain products will be more expensive in the UK due to Brexit, like fresh fruits and vegetables, no matter what.
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@Positronic20136 you do not understand the Problem: it’s not the EU that will stop selling its stuff to the UK, it is the UKs lack of border infrastructure that will delay shipments so the food arrives spoiled.
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