[Nicky91]

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/0...e-netherlands/

dutch border police bar 10 british nationals from entering Netherlands

[The Slim Reaper]

[The Slim Reaper]

The express, 1 day apart.

Spoiler:

[bots]

the express reminds me so much of what the sunday sport used to come out with

[The Slim Reaper]

A reminder that the backers of Trump and the backers of brexit are the same people.

[The Slim Reaper]

That was also called project fear when we warned you what would happen.

[bots]

ive just had to pay vat and customs duty to a courier on an item i purchased from europe ... tariff free trade

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Don't buy single items under Ł15 from the EU or you'll be hit with around a Ł9 duty fee on top of delivery.

A single 5kg package being sent to Europe costs Ł44. It cost Ł13 a couple of days ago. Enjoy your sovereignty.

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

ive just had to pay vat and customs duty to a courier on an item i purchased from europe ... tariff free trade

You kept insisting everything was tariff free, and we got a good deal.

[bots]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

You kept insisting everything was tariff free, and we got a good deal.

the courier got a great deal

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the courier got a great deal

Can I ask for details? Obviously I don't need to know you bought a 14" black double-ender, but was it a single item? Weight? etc

[bots]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Can I ask for details? Obviously I don't need to know you bought a 14" black double-ender, but was it a single item? Weight? etc

anything over Ł135, you have to pay the vat and customs duty to the courier rather than the shop. Customs duty is a variable rate ... with no specifics other than a base rate of 2.5%. It was a single item weighing about 8 pounds

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

anything over Ł135, you have to pay the vat and customs duty to the courier rather than the shop. Customs duty is a variable rate ... with no specifics other than a base rate of 2.5%. It was a single item weighing about 8 pounds

Cheers.

[The Slim Reaper]

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/e...ules-of-origin

The Brexit deal is being celebrated as though it removes all tariffs. It doesn’t

The newly signed EU-UK trade and co-operation agreement (TCA) does little to remove bureaucracy at the border, or facilitate trade in services, but it does at least remove all tariffs and quotas, right?

In practice, the answer is: it depends. As large retailers such as Debenhams and Marks & Spencer are somehow reportedly finding out for the first time, tariff-free trade is not unconditional.

This might surprise you. After all, Boris Johnson has been keen to highlight that the TCA will “enable UK goods to be sold without tariffs, without quotas in the EU market.”

But in order for an exported product to qualify for tariff-free trade under the terms of the EU-UK TCA, it must have either been wholly obtained, or been subject to a significant amount of processing, in the EU or UK. Or to put it another way, the EU-UK TCA only benefits goods that can legitimately claim to have been made in the EU or UK. These so-called rules of origin are not uncommon and can be found in near-every free trade agreement.

This means that if your business model involves importing large quantities of clothes from Indonesia into the UK, and then selling them to shops across the EU, then tariffs might now be levied twice: when the clothes enter the UK, and then again when they enter the EU. The clothes are Indonesian, not British or EU originating, after all.

And while it might be easy to demonstrate that a leg of Welsh lamb is from the UK, and therefore qualifies for tariff-free trade, things get more complicated when you are thinking of exporting something more complex, for example a car, which contains parts sourced from all over the world.

For a petrol car to qualify for tariff-free trade under the terms of the EU-UK TCA, 55 per cent of its value must have been created in either the EU or UK. For carmakers with larger European supply chains this might not prove too difficult a hurdle to clear, but for those that source many parts from Asia it could prove trickier. And if they are unable to meet the 55 per cent threshold, then a 10 per cent tariff applies, with potentially significant implications for their business model.

The EU and UK have attempted to reduce the “day-one” burden for traders somewhat: agreeing that for the first year, exporters will not be required to have all of the evidence supporting their origin claims immediately to hand. But this does not mean the exporters don’t still need to comply with the rules and ensure their products are eligible.

Free trade is rarely free, and for many British companies, used to trading with relative ease across Europe, the new conditions and red tape will come as a surprise. And while some will surely adapt to the new normal, and continue on as before, others will turn their back on exporting all together.

Whether the apparent lack of awareness about these predictable challenges speaks to a wider problem with government communication, or is simply the forgivable result of crisis-fatigue, I leave others to decide.

[The Slim Reaper]

Taking back control.

[Cherie]

Well this is what they voted for or for those that didn’t vote allowed to happen

[Sticks]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Well this is what they voted for or for those that didn’t vote allowed to happen

Not what I voted for - I voted remain.

[Withano]

Hope all of you who voted leave are okay. You must be feeling awful about yourselves. But you were tricked and you’re not entirely to blame. Hang in there.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

That was also called project fear when we warned you what would happen.

Ffs . Again feeling very grateful that I abandonned the merciless country-wide shower of arseholes I used to work for a couple of years ago and am now working for a small ethical 3rd sector org. Workers rights are going out the window for big companies.

Suddenly feeling very thankful for the "share your feelings" zoom circles.

[Tom4784]

Everything brexit supporters were warned about are coming to pass and they'll gladly keep supporting things that only harm them in the long run because Boris and his cronies say it's good.

Lapdogs, the lot of them. Our rights will be forfeit but it's all good because Boris is gonna give us a scratch behind the ear and a nice treat!

[arista]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Everything brexit supporters were warned about are coming to pass and they'll gladly keep supporting things that only harm them in the long run because Boris and his cronies say it's good.

Lapdogs, the lot of them. Our rights will be forfeit but it's all good because Boris is gonna give us a scratch behind the ear and a nice treat!

I am NO Lapdog

[Ramsay]

Originally Posted by arista

I am NO Lapdog

You are a bit

[arista]

Originally Posted by Ramsay

You are a bit

No Not at all.
It's too early to summarize Brexit.

We need the Vaccine to halt Covid-19
before the UK can get better.

[Ramsay]

Lets meet in the middle, lap puppy?

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by arista

No Not at all.
It's too early to summarize Brexit.

We need the Vaccine to halt Covid-19
before the UK can get better.

The vaccine cures racism?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Ramsay

Lets meet in the middle, lap puppy?

Not at all.