boromike85
Well-known member
Then I genuinely don't see the point you were trying to make. I thought you were saying that because time pressure yielded a positive result in the WA the same could happen again. But if you're just saying there were changes then that point isn't really made.
The point is that they said that under no circumstances would the WA be re-opened but it was. Their "no circumstances" aren't the same as impossible. Under no circumstances can we have X, Y or Z means they don't want to do something but it isn't impossible, we'd probably have to concede something in return as is the way with any negotiation.
How is it exceptionalism to recognise that our trade deal will be different to others? The US were negotiating a trade deal before Trump scuppered it. Do you think they were going to get the bog standard Canada/Turkey/Norway deals that already exist or was it going to be bespoke, including some things that have never been included in any other deals before, due to recognising the advantages of trade between the two parties? After the US we are the biggest trade partner (in terms of balance) so why aren't we an exceptional case?