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Re: Ordering 'stuff' from outside the EU

Sorted, if I was kind of the world it would be so much simpler.

Maybe so, but you can't make an omlette without breaking a few eggs, and in this case the eggs to be broken include all of the EU laws, conventions and agreements that support cross border trade, all of the bilateral trading agreements reached with various countries, plus you'd need to close loopholes that would exist from or through (eg) Isle of Man, Channel Islands. And you'd need a new and very effective system to monitor and administer all incoming air mail, all trucks, containers, post, courier etc etc.

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