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Japan Goes Public With Brexit Demands, Says Data Flow Deals Must Be Protected (arstechnica.com)
Kelly Fiveash, writing for ArsTechnica:UK Prime minister Theresa May said at the weekend that she wanted to take her time to secure the best trade deals for a post-Brexit Britain, and reiterated -- in her trademark vague terms -- that the so-called Article 50 won't be triggered this year. But political pressure from governments as far away as Japan continues to mount. On Sunday, in a bold move, the Japanese government published a 15-page memo setting out a number of demands it wants the UK to adhere to, once it leaves the European Union. It underscored that Britain faces a torrid time of negotiations -- not just with member states in the EU, but further afield, too. Japan, which has close economic ties with the UK, listed its demands based on requests from businesses in the country. It said; "It is of great importance that the UK and the EU maintain market integrity and remain attractive destinations for businesses where free trade, unfettered investment, and smooth financial transactions are ensured." It's brutal stuff from Japan, and could well lead to other countries making similarly robust demands. On tech specifically, the Japanese government called on the UK and EU, post-Brexit, to maintain cloud agreements between businesses at an international level, by safeguarding the "free transfer of data."
Half of Japan's investments into EU have gone into Britain, seeing as a gateway to the EU. Now they are scared shitless that they have bet on the wrong horse. EU tariffs on cars and other products produced in GB means all those factories were built on the wrong side of the channel.
Leaving the EU was a huge mistake. The old, who voted for it out of xenophobia, will be dead by the time we will feel the consequences.
That's what this generation of old people do. This generation - not the previous ones. Previous generations of old people tried their level best to be more like wise elders and guiding lights, repositories of wisdom that the youngers would have been utterly foolish to disregard.
What you describe in the EU is in the same spirit as what is happening in the USA. Look what the Baby Boomers have done to their grandchildren. In American history they are the first generation to leave their descendants with LESS than they enjoyed. Every previous generation has done its best to leave an inheritance, to ensure their posterity enjoyed a better life than what they knew.
I don't know if the aftermath and long-term repercussions of WWII just broke their spirits and made them into fearful self-centered short-sighted self-important ever-entitled people, or what, but it's one of the saddest things I've witnessed.
It would not be the end of trade + just the UK having the same tariff barriers imposed on their products as the rest of the world. Many products will then become cheaper to produce inside the EU without those tariffs, so expect a transfer of jobs and production from the UK to the EU. You asked for it, you got it, now deal with it and let it be a lesson to others to look before you keep, and do your own thinking instead of accepting politicians lies uncritically. You really did get the government you deserve.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Your post makes no sense. Anyone in Germany can import as much as they want from other EU countries without the German government having any say in it. Unless we're talking about weapons or other restricted goods. Likewise, anybody can export as much as they want to other EU countries without the government being able to interfere with it. That's the whole fucking idea of the common EU market. Government policies have nearly zero effect on this. It's a free market.
The EU being unresponsive to the desires of its populations is exactly why the UK left.
Not on this earth. The UK left because of diffuse and non-concrete fears that large waves of refugees might enter the country, coupled with latent racism against Polish immigrants.
The EU being unresponsive to the desires of its populations is exactly why the UK left.
Not on this earth. The UK left because of diffuse and non-concrete fears that large waves of refugees might enter the country, coupled with latent racism against Polish immigrants.
... Not to mention 30 years of vicious, ultra-conservative propaganda against the EU. Just like Fox News in the USA is polluting the political discourse with crappy propaganda, the British tabloids have been spewing nonsense about the EU.
And the fact that both are owned by Rupert Murdoch should tell you a lot...
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