I see now that the tariff list is already public.
That tariff list is set for the coming 12 months.
87% of the tariffs is set on zero. Goal is to minimise cost increases to consumers (and industry needing B2B imports).
Some tariffs regarding food are lowered to 50-60% of the EU WTO tariff list. A mix between farmers interests and consumers interests.
The Confederation of British Industry is not happy because it exposes domestic economy from global cheap imports.
For the Irish border this temporary list sets all tariffs on products from Ireland at zero %. This means no UK border controls are necessary during these 12 months.
But it means also that custom checks will be made between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, bringing the border in the Irish Sea.
Ireland a new smugglers paradise ?
That tariff list is set for the coming 12 months.
87% of the tariffs is set on zero. Goal is to minimise cost increases to consumers (and industry needing B2B imports).
Some tariffs regarding food are lowered to 50-60% of the EU WTO tariff list. A mix between farmers interests and consumers interests.
The Confederation of British Industry is not happy because it exposes domestic economy from global cheap imports.
Responding to the announcement, Carolyn Fairbairn, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, described the prospect of no deal as a “sledgehammer for the economy”.
“This tells us everything that is wrong with a no-deal scenario. What we are hearing is the biggest change in terms of trade this country has faced since the mid-19th century being imposed on this country with no consultation with business, no time to prepare,” she told the BBC’s Today programme.
“This is no way to run a country. What we potentially are going to see is this imposition of new terms of trade at the same time as business is blocked out of its closest trading partner. This is a sledgehammer for our economy.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...imports-cut-to-zero-in-temporary-no-deal-plan
For the Irish border this temporary list sets all tariffs on products from Ireland at zero %. This means no UK border controls are necessary during these 12 months.
But it means also that custom checks will be made between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, bringing the border in the Irish Sea.
In relation to Northern Ireland, the government said its reason for waiving the regime in the region was to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland. It added that if Britain crashed out of the EU without a deal, the government will “enter discussions urgently with the EU and Ireland” over longer term border arrangements.
The no-checks approach, which has been dubbed an “honesty-box system” in Northern Ireland, would be a “strictly temporary, unilateral approach it would take to avoid a hard border if the UK were to leave the EU without a deal”.
A “small number” of checks would apply on the border between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. However, the government insisted that this would not entail any controls down the Irish Sea.
Ireland a new smugglers paradise ?