Farmers and food producers face "considerable turbulence" if the UK leaves the EU with no deal, Environment Secretary Michael Gove has said. He told the Oxford Farming Conference it was a "grim and inescapable fact" there would be tariffs on exports and new sanitary and other border checks. While "not perfect", he said Theresa May's Brexit deal would protect market access and provide economic certainty. (as reported today by the BBC)
BUT WHAT ABOUT TRADE FROM THE EU TO THE UK IN THE EVENT OF A NO DEAL. You haven't thought this through, have you Mr Gove? You see it works both ways with the UK imposing tariffs on imported goods. Who will be the big losers then Mr Gove? As for border checks Mr Gove, I would be happy to slow down the import of foreign goods many of which are inferior. Inspection needs to be stepped-up to prevent inferior goods appearing in the market place, as they do. And as for food and other standards, they all need improvement over those of the EU, never mind about preserving minimum standards. We have become too complacent about EU standards, and the EU label.
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