UK/EU Trade Deal: What Does Johnson Want? - Brexit Explained

At the beginning of the week Johnson made a speech and released a written statement laying out what kind of trade deal he wanted with the EU. In this video we examine what the UK is looking for and the kind of relationship the UK and EU might have from 2021.

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[SpaghettiRoad]

Q: With Britain leaving the EU how much space was created?








A: Exactly 1GB

[anpratadraiochtuil]

02:32 "Since the more freely goods cross borders, the less likely it is that troops will ever cross borders."


If there ever was a primary function of the EU, this is exactly it. The European Union is, above all else, a peace project powered by trade and exchange; tearing a country out of the so-called European Project is the exact antithesis of this goal. It is infuriating to me that a Prime Minister who rips his country out of the EU and uses the threat of erecting a hard border on this island as a bargaining chip is touting "peace" as a motive. His actions are making lasting peace on these islands, and indeed on this continent, less of likelihood. This is political deceit through and through.

[vwabi]

He wants a trade deal where he gets all the benefits of being in the EU, without any of the costs. Lol, we've been over this before and it's not going to happen.

[DrKosmos]

3:20 The commonwealth choose to step away from the UK and focus on self strengthening and pursuing free trade agreements on their own terms while maintaining a cordial relation to the UK.

Why do you think Canada, South Africa, NZ, and Australia, choose to call their currencies dollars and leave pounds in the past?

Ironic that the freedom the commonwealth wanted to seperate from the UK is the same the UK wants from the EU.

Have fun Boris.

[Fenrir]

Answer: whatever will keep his supporters happy
The rest, doesn't matter

[mikebaker]

Before Brexit: The EU forces these things on us.
After Brexit: We already do more than the EU requires.

[moveslikemacca]

thank you for these videos, i'd honestly be lost without your channels

[undogmatisch]

Negotiations have not even begun, yet he already blames the EU for not giving him everything he demands.


"There should be:
- no tariffs, fees, charges, or quantative restrictions ..."
BUT the agreement should
" enable the UK to protect its industies from harm ..."
Erm, isn't that exactly what tariffs, fees, charges and quantative restrictions are for?

[TheRenegadeMonk]

If we have no intention of lowering standards which exceed EU rules, then why would we not just agree to their terms?

[DeviilReaper]

Why make so many channels? you are just dividing for no reason, this is called 'TLDR News' not 'TLDR News UK' - so just put all your videos here.

[lucasmoorim]

Editing in this video is not very good. There's some overlapping in the narration and the Johnson quotes.

[kleinweichkleinweich]

we didn't loose two wars to be dicktated to by the Brits about our standards - Please Mr. Johnson could you leave EU standards to the EU and mind your own business?

[kleinweichkleinweich]

did Johnson just admit that the terrible over regulation in the UK is not the EUs fault because the EUs regulations are way simpler than that of the UK? I think he did!

[kayvee]

Free trade has benefits and costs. The benefits outweigh the costs. However, the benefits all go to capital, and the costs all go to labor. It's not an even split.

[Gogmosis]

I would like to hear Johnson talk about the building he is in.

[baronvonlimbourgh]

What is his problem with minimum standards if he wants to exceed them anyway.

It's like your employer comming to you and saying he wants to scrap your minimum salary from your contract because that would give him more freedom to pay you more.

Surely you would take that oppertunity in a heartbeat and sign on the spot.

[ameyas]

*Global "Free Trade"* while adhering to *"Highest Quality Standards"* is simply impossible...the moment you sign-up a "Free Trade" with a country and that country starts producing goods without itself adhering to "Highest Quality Standards", means their companies will be able to produce goods at much cheaper price than your companies and under your "Free Trade" agreement (that you signed-up for) means you'll have to freely import those good in, which'll out-compete your manufacturing and drive them out of business....This is literally how China became the undisputed manufacturer of the world, by offering the least govt regulations and cheapest labour (with no human rights)...Boris's offer is so silly that if you remove EU from his rhetoric and substitute it with China, the Chinese will literally laugh their asses off because under such an agreement, China will end up literally owning the UK in as little as 10 years....same goes for trade with USA, who have much lower standards in a lot of areas that Europe and UK will have only two choices, a) Lower their "Quality Standards" to match the US (which BoJo says he'll not do), or b) Put up protectionist trade barriers against cheap standard manufacturers (which defeats the whole idea of "Free Trade")..

[imanskid]

Who's watching this while eating breakfast

[goodlookingcorpse]

"We will not engage in dumping."

"Yes, we know. That's why we've been saying you have to agree to our standards to get a deal since 2016."

[bikkiikun]

He basically wants a relationship akin to the one between the Empire and British India... But he has forgotten, that the Empire doesn't exit anymore.