Adi_Dem
Well-known member
Some may be partial teething problems, but the cost isn’t, that’s here to stay. Once these EU companies switch suppliers, it will be twice as hard to get them back.
Absolutely right but it gets worse as well. We currently enjoy and are in the middle of several grace periods that run through the trade agreement. They come to an end this summer. It will get a lot, lot worse when they do end.
I would expect the ‘brexiteers” to be saying, they need to “get over it”, and sell more to the rest of the world. Not sure how they’re meant to do that cheaply and quickly, and sell to nations which can already buy cheaper/ quicker locally, and also fresher.
The link between geography and trade has long since been established. We cannot replace the trade we did freely with the EU with any amount of trade agreements with the rest of the world. This is especially and acutely true in relation to perishable goods. The cost of transporting such goods alone prices us out of those markets.
COVID has nothing to do with this. If it did you would expect to see it mirrored across the world but it isn't.