tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post7428855349015333826..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: A new angle to UK-EU trade?OEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-68861150118966571992013-08-29T17:18:28.836+01:002013-08-29T17:18:28.836+01:00La última vez que contraté los servicios de comerc...La última vez que contraté los servicios de comercio eztraderervaring y mi <a href="http://www.eztraderervaring.com/" rel="nofollow">stroom eztrader ervaring</a> era wawesome.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600120418631114249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-57212001470826521662013-01-28T07:26:33.340+00:002013-01-28T07:26:33.340+00:00Its great to compare the USA to individual Europea...Its great to compare the USA to individual European countries, BUT if the UK left the EU, it would impact them for all EU countries.<br /><br />So, where's the combined EU trade figures versus the USA?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-52654817031581408692013-01-19T03:24:05.723+00:002013-01-19T03:24:05.723+00:00Question: if the US is the main export market for ...Question: if the US is the main export market for Britain's 'final demand' product, why wait for a Brixit anyway to change the logistics streams? Britain is closer by ship to the US than mainland Europe, isn't it. However, since business is rational there must be economies of scale involved to still have the logistics chain of Britain going through the mainland instead of going directly from Britain to the US.<br />Concerning Airbus: for the current wing technology you may be right, but usually the opportunity costs involved in starting a new production line based on the results of technological innovation are usually much lower than relocating an existing production chain. See Asia: new production lines are started there. Not in the countries which lie on the European continental shelf.Erick Staalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-79307118913356974462013-01-18T12:10:53.347+00:002013-01-18T12:10:53.347+00:00We REIDsteel export most of our product world wide...We REIDsteel export most of our product world wide: but barely any to the EU because of rampant protectionism in this 'single market haha. We need to trade with the real world which is growing; and not shackle ourselves to the sinking ship of EU. They may think us rats: but rats survive and prosper; and show a lot of sense.Rollohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18255460090580758354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-35577959663169799272013-01-18T11:45:01.976+00:002013-01-18T11:45:01.976+00:00Having been involved in manufacturing for inclusio...Having been involved in manufacturing for inclusion in other products to go to a third party, I can tell you it is a very serious and expensive thing to changes horses mid gallop. Airbus for instance, finding developing and testing a new wing supplier would be an immense cost, repeat immense, and it would be the same for any component at all in any machine. I supplied components for a supplier to SNCF, the cost of accepting our product was such that the tariff placed on that product would have to be significant to make them go through it all again.Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07132057803097163797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-5240463967493581062013-01-18T09:32:30.600+00:002013-01-18T09:32:30.600+00:00@ Jon Livesey
Thanks for the comment. We think we...@ Jon Livesey<br /><br />Thanks for the comment. We think we actually agree with you here. As we note, its not certain either way from the data how trade would look if the UK left the EU. It is equally plausible that the trade could remain or that it could not - as you note you cannot tell from this aggregate data (ultimately, as always, it depends on what relationship the UK has with the EU post exit). Hence our conclusion, that while the data is interesting, it is not conclusive.Open Europe blog teamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476470353790515912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-79431142252728240852013-01-17T23:15:22.581+00:002013-01-17T23:15:22.581+00:00I am not so sure that you really have a strong arg...I am not so sure that you really have a strong argument here, Take the example of Airbus.<br /><br />On the one hand you could claim that outside the EU, we would not be shipping the wings and engines that end up in the US as final demand.<br /><br />But in that case, what has Airbus got to ship? It would take enormous effort to replicate the infrastructure of either Filton or Rolls Royce.<br /><br />In addition to that, you really need to distinguish UK components that are shipped to the EU to be integrated into some product that is then shipped overseas, to end-user UK products that are simply shipped through the EU, and could be shipped directly overseas.jon liveseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-59028839127361334402013-01-17T16:26:48.213+00:002013-01-17T16:26:48.213+00:00Looks to be mainly the Rotterdam/Antwerp trade. Wh...Looks to be mainly the Rotterdam/Antwerp trade. Which is basically mainly logistics and nothing else. Consolidate stuff in the largest harbour to reduce costs (transportcost (economy of scales) and paperwork costs (economy of scales)). Difficult to see how that would be jeopardised by an exit. It is not that difficult to put things in a container yourself and fill out export forms yourself and put it on a containerboat.<br /> Might even give new possibilities (taking business from Holland and Belgium).<br /><br />Same thing likely the other way around (doing all EU import formalities in Rotterdam (iso in all membercountries seperately) in order to reduce cost and for convenience.<br /><br />More important is imho what the UK would be in case of a Brixit. Hard to see it in any other way, even with and tradeflows adjusting, as the most important tradepartner outside the EU. <br />A point I have not seen properly brought up. How in any way can the EU afford in the economic mess it is in, to to jeopardise the relation with what would be in fact its largest trade partner.Riknoreply@blogger.com