Carryfast:
Why would the EU have any issues with US food imports when even its own rules state that it has no general issues with the import or cultivation of GM foods.While US meat and fruit and manufacturing imports can obviously already meet EU regs anyway which is why I can buy a Ford Mustang from the local Ford dealer and have the choice of buying numerous Australian,NZ,South African or US food products from numerous local supermarkets and shops but all obviously subject to EU tarrif barriers which is obviously more the point.The truth is there is no problem other than the artificial problems imposed by just as there’s no problem with the movement of goods and people across the Irish border. just as there’s no problem with the movement of goods and people across the Irish border.While there’s nothing in terms of safety regulations that can’t be better implemented under the nation state system of government.IE the ability to react quickly based on locally democratic wishes.While your argument seems to contradict itself in firstly pretending that the EU is all for food safety but then on the other hand supporting the US big business type free for all which the EU tacitly supports just the same.In which case again my view obviously fits the definition of the right to agree to disagree.
On that note why would/should the manufacturing sector want to retaliate against the very noble aims of cleaning up the food sector.IE the right to buy non EU type approved US manufacturing products not subject to EU imposed tariff/quota barriers for example isn’t mutually exclusive with saying that we also either won’t accept unpasteurised dairy products or chlorine washed chicken or GM food products,or at least if we do accept them then the customer will be made clearly aware of it at the point of sale.Bearing in mind that a ‘free trade agreement’ doesn’t force the customer to actually buy anything from any particular source nor stop us from informing the customer fully regarding the product on sale.
While yes personally I do think that genetic modification is the devils work to the point where I can’t even buy a rose bush from the local garden centre that’s flowers actually produce a proper strong natural rose type smell for just one example.While the dangers of unpasteurised dairy products are well known which is why the pasteurisation process was invented and then rightly accepted as being a major breakthrough in food safety.The conclusion being that we have nothing to learn from,nor need the interference of,the EU in our trade policies.
Its not just GMOs, its also other welfare standards and allowed, drugs, medicines, etc.
The EU is not just about safety standards, it`s true. By putting tariffs on imported foods it helps our balance of payments and protects our farmers. We could, post Brexit, import cheaper food, yes. We could therefore put our own, more expensive farmers out of business. We could paradoxically, end up with a worse balance of payments, and a countryside underused. With no way to earn a living from food what will our land-owners do? How will they get a return on their investment? What will happen to our green and pleasant land??
“While there’s nothing in terms of safety regulations that can’t be better implemented under the nation state system of government.IE the ability to react quickly based on locally democratic wishes.”
If a country has different standards than it`s neighbours and trading partners then it is easier to break rules. If there is a common set of rules, then it is clearly more difficult for rule breakers to escape “over the border”.
“just as there’s no problem with the movement of goods and people across the Irish border.”
So long as we all have the same set of rules as Eire, than free movement of goods can continue, obviously. If we have different standards then the border may be necessary.
You don`t want a border? What if we in the UK have higher welfare standards for milk cows? What if we decide in the UK to ban all EU produced milk because they produce it cheaper? Will the EU need the border, or will it be necessary to protect us?