Comments by "ozzie2612" (@ozzie2612) on "Brexit: UK announces trade deal with Indo-Pacific nations" video.

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  4. In the EU: The Head of State = The president of the EU is a Prime Minister or a president of a EU memberstate and the position rotates between the memberstates every 6th. month. The Head of Executive = European Council President elected by the European Council for a 2 year term that can be renewable once. The Executive = The European Council the Prime Ministers and presidents of all EU memberstates. The Head of Legislature = European Parliament President elected by the European parliament for a 2,5 year term. renewable once. The Legislature = The European Parliament elected by the people of the EU memberstates by proportional representation. The Head of the Civil Service = The EU Commission President elected by the European Parliament for a 5 year term and renewable. The Civil Service = The Commission. Each EU memberstate appoints its own commissioner/s. In the Commission there are some 30,000 civil servants recruited by competitive recruitment. The EU employs around 60,000 staff in total, roughly equivalent to the UK's Ministry of Defence. Around half of these are in the European Commission, which is slightly smaller than the UK's Home Office. In the UK: The Head of State = The King who inherited the position for life. The Head of Executive = The Prime Minister. The leader of the party with most seats Selected by the party. The Executive = The cabinet. Selected by the Prime Minister. The Head of the Legislature = House of Common´s leader appointed by the Prime Minister and serves at his pleasure. The Legislature = The House of Lords all members unelected and the House of Commons elected by the people by the archaic first past the post system. Tories governing without a majority of the votes behind them. The Head of Civil Service = Selected by the prime minister for an indefinite term. The Civil Service = Department Heads appointed by the Government leading some 450,000 civil servants who are recruited by competitive recruitment. Fact check: As of the end of September 2021, there were 472,700 full-time equivalent (FTE) civil servants.
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  8.  @smashmash2714  In a chapter on human, animal and plant life and health, the agreement states that the UK and EU may set and implement their own independent sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) rules and controls. This will require companies trading affected goods – agri-food producers and grocery retailers in particular – to attain new certification and comply with border checks. 5. Uncertainty remains for services While the agreement gives clarity for most goods traders in the UK, it doesn’t shed as much light on the future of UK-EU services trade, particularly financial services. IOE&IT director general Marco Forgione has called on the government to provide more information in this area, noting the importance of services trade to the UK economy. “We are seeking clarity on trade in UK services which generate a surplus of £18bn to the UK economy from trade in the EU, compared with a deficit of £97bn from trade in goods,” he said. The UK’s access to European financial markets was not finalised in the deal, with the UK still seeking ‘equivalence’ status from the EU. The EU has not yet decided whether the UK’s financial regulatory framework and implementation is as rigorous as its own. The UK and EU have stated that they will codify a framework for regulatory cooperation in a Memorandum of Understanding. For legal services, the FTA gives UK solicitors and barristers the right to advise clients across the EU on UK and public international law using their own titles and qualifications.
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