Re: Highly regulated sectors are essential for export
@gandalfcn
"The UK was aligned with the EU, i.e. by far its biggest partner and therefore the only really important partner."
Oh yikes thats a terrible view to have. So our only really important partner is a sinking ship in perpetual self made crisis? I think the word we should look to is diversify. There is a growing world out there vs the EU shrinking portion of the worlds wealth.
"EU regs had been agreed with many other countries"
In the EU you mean? Or do you mean countries outside the EU who dont have their domestic economy managed by the EU yet still manage to trade with the EU?
"The UK niw has to either renegotiate or roll-over, i.e. no change from being in the EU."
How do you mean roll over? The UK doesnt have to accept the diktat of the EU because we are no longer a member. So no we dont have to roll over. In areas we do want to trade with the EU the exporting company must meet EU import rules, but then how is that different to trading with every other country on the planet?
Sounds like we got a better deal.
"As for the PRC, for example, we import goods that the PRC produces to agreed standards, or hadn't you noticed? The PRC has accepted EU standards for years."
So? If you want an example of the difference in regulation there is a recent example. The AZ vaccine has been approved and used in the UK to help deal with the pandemic. The EU still hasnt approved the vaccine as acceptable. So bureaucratic idle hands cant act fast enough or with enough sense when dealing with a pandemic.
Another advantage of not being aligned with the EU is that was demonstrated in Ireland where NI was being vaccinated but ROI could only watch because EU regs didnt approve the vaccines yet. So the Dublin minister suggesting going over the border and bringing back vaccine was shot down by the EU.
Are you saying you want to wait for the great utopia of light EU to figure out arse from elbow before having a vaccine available?