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Lords begins consideration of Commons changes to Lords amendments to EU Withdrawal Bill - minister Lord Callanan says customs union already repeatedly considered
Baroness Smith of Basildon "The Lords should not engage in ping pong lightly" - Lords performing constiutional role
"When Dutch Govt is advising its manufacturers not to buy components form UK because our future customs relationship with EU is unclear, we know there is a problem that needs to be addressed urgently," says Baroness Smith re Sky News #rulesoforigin story news.sky.com/story/european…
Live on Sky News Tonight - new #BrexitForensics story as European Governments issue advice to their exporters not to use parts from Britain - Top car exec tells me “catastrophe” for UK auto
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Dutch Government official advice to its business community warns its manufacturers “if a large part of your product consists of parts from the UK” they may lose free trade terms for exports.
“After Brexit, parts made in UK no longer count towards this minimum production in EU”
“After Brexit, parts made in UK no longer count towards this minimum production in EU”
The Government would argue that this is premature, but the likes of the Dutch are already advising their manufacturers to reduce dependence on UK:
“Trade with the UK will become more difficult after Brexit... consider looking for alternatives”
“Trade with the UK will become more difficult after Brexit... consider looking for alternatives”
1/ Articles like this explain a very niche and technical topic to a wider audience. Which is fantastic. But it may be bit misleading so in the spirit of clarification a couple of points. Happy to hear other views @instituteforgov instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/rul…
2/ #rulesoforigin do not affect free movement of goods as when you have free movement of goods you don’t need rules of origin. At a time when most people are still trying to figure out what free movement means this might be an important distinction
3/ Preferential and non-preferential #rulesoforigin are so different summarising them both in one article can lead to confusion. The article jumps from one to the other without clarifying which point refers to which type
