Flax@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-22 months agoEU will export goods (to the USA) via Northern Ireland for lower tariffs, says economist www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkEU will export goods (to the USA) via Northern Ireland for lower tariffs, says economist www.bbc.comFlax@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
Apologies for editorialising the headline with brackets. The original headline was quite bad for context, lol
minus-squareFlax@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months agoNorthern Ireland currently has access to most of the the wider UK market and EU market customs free, and now a 10% tariff rate for exporting to the USA. Seems like our wee country might start to do very well!
minus-squareChris@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoCareful, if you make it sound too attractive trump might want to buy it.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoJust keep convincing the Americans that we’re still blowing each other up and we’ll be fine
Northern Ireland currently has access to most of the the wider UK market and EU market customs free, and now a 10% tariff rate for exporting to the USA. Seems like our wee country might start to do very well!
Careful, if you make it sound too attractive trump might want to buy it.
Just keep convincing the Americans that we’re still blowing each other up and we’ll be fine