Brexit “hard” or “concerted”? Triggered the march 29, or deferred? The total confusion on the divorce of the United Kingdom might reign, but that has not prevented the british government signed a first trade agreement with a non-european country for a post-Brexit.
The United Kingdom has signed Wednesday in Santiago, “a bilateral trade agreement” with Chile, which will govern the commercial relations of the two countries after the entry into force of the Brexit, said on Thursday the department of the chilean foreign Affairs. The document does not overturn the tariffs in force, it merely “transfer the terms of the association agreement concluded by Chile with the european Union in a bilateral agreement with the United Kingdom”. This advance avoids the need to create a legal vacuum in the aftermath of the divorce between London and Twenty-Seven.
The british ambassador to Chile, Jamie Bowden, and was assured that this agreement “is an important step forward in view of a trade policy independent of the United Kingdom”.
similar discussions have been underway for months, including with Switzerland, Norway, South Korea, and Turkey. In the absence of agreement, leaving the european Union, which negotiates trade treaties with third countries, in London at risk of losing the benefit of these agreements, see the tariffs increase or certain standards will not be recognized.
The british ambassador to Chile, Jamie Bowden, and was assured that this agreement “is an important step forward in view of a trade policy independent of the United Kingdom”. The supporters of Brexit dream of this commercial independence is likely, according to them, boosting the trade between London and the country outside. The opponents of the Brexit argue that the uk market risk of much less interest to some exporting countries that the european market of Twenty-Seven and its 450 million consumers.
