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

  1. Believe me, we down under are not seeking union with the folks on the continent. They are not sincere about this free trade business, at all. Look at their list of, so called, sensitive products that are not up for negotiation. Three of the 8 items, ruminant meat, fruit, and dairy, that are listed as "sensitive products" not up for discussion, just happen to be the three main exports of New Zealand. New Zealand already has just about zero, in the way of tariffs. We are under no illusions about how these people are going to treat the underdogs, but we'll extract what concessions we can. Trade agreements and union, are two different things. The majority of us, in this part of the world, are glad that the UK pulled out of the union. We believe it to a good move for the people of the UK, and for us.
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  2. They've also listed dairy and fruit as, “sensitive products”, not up for discussion. Add these to the ruminant meat (lamb) and wine that you mentioned, and you’ve four of the five main exports from NZ.
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  3.  @tonyroy8123  What personal experience do you have, of life in Britain, before it joined the EU?
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  4.  @thephilosopherofculture4559  Your, original question, asked me to point out, “…to point out ONE actual and factual advantage of Brexit”, which I duly did. Instead of acknowledging that reality, you’ve tried to act as though your question was not about, “factual advantage”, but about morality. Unfortunately for you, I’m not fooled by your red herring. You even tried to strengthen, this irrelevant issue, some virtue signal statement, implying your disapproval of the former, “English Empire”. There are problems with this: 1. I don’t subscribe to the illogical view that people are responsible for actions undertaken, before they were born. 2. Criticizing the British Empire is barking up a tree that’s already cut down. 3. Many other members of the EU, including the senior members, also have an imperial/colonial past. Some, even tried to regai those possessions, in the post war era. But as I said, this is irrelevant to subject that you raised with me. You had asked, “…to point out ONE actual and factual advantage of Brexit”. I know you asked for, ONE, but I’m feeling generous and shall provide you with another. “Tell me why [Britain] should send more BILLIONS to the intensely corrupt countries of Italy and Greece”? If the words sound familiar, then this time, you’re actually correct.
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  5. Brexit. As soon as Brexit occurred, the UK started trade talks with its fellow, Commonwealth members. Immediatley after that, the EU decided they'd also have trade talks with us down under. Coincidence? Perhaps they're trying to out do each other? Who knows? We in Australia and New Zealand have been knocking on the EU door for decades but none of the members (including the UK) cared much. Immediately after Brexit though, they we all ears.
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  6.  @thephilosopherofculture4559  You "dare", me?! Interesting. Well, I dare to care about all those people in places like Hull and Grimsby, whose world crashed when your, once thriving fisheries, went belly up. Regaining control of your waters and associated exclusive fishing rights, is definite advantage. QED.
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