BBC: ‘Boris Johnson: No-deal only alternative to Brexit plan’ AP: ‘EU makes appeal to US: let’s avoid another tariff war’

(CNBC)

The BBC reported the following:

Boris Johnson: No-deal only alternative to Brexit plan

2 October 2019

Boris Johnson says there should be “no doubt” the only alternative to the Brexit proposals he will put to Brussels later is no-deal.

Addressing his party conference in Manchester, the PM said his plan would be a “compromise by the UK”, but he hoped the EU would “understand that and compromise in their turn”.

The European Commission said they will “examine [the proposals] objectively”.

The UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October.

The government has insisted it will not negotiate a further delay beyond the Halloween deadline, saying this would be unnecessary and costly for the UK.

However, under the terms of a law passed by Parliament last month, the PM faces having to request another extension unless MPs back the terms of withdrawal by 19 October – two days after a summit of European leaders. …

In his speech, Mr Johnson said no-deal was not an outcome the government was seeking, but “it is an outcome for which we are ready”. …

The issue of the Irish border – and how to keep it free from border checks when it becomes the frontier between the UK and the EU – has been a key sticking point in Brexit negotiations.

Mr Johnson has said the solution reached by the EU and Theresa May, the backstop, is “anti-democratic” and “inconsistent with the sovereignty of the UK”, claiming it offered no means for the UK to unilaterally exit and no say for the people of Northern Ireland over the rules that would apply there.

The PM used his speech to confirm parts of his offer to the EU.

He said that “under no circumstances” would there be checks at or near the border in Northern Ireland and the proposals would respect the peace process and the Good Friday agreement.

It included promising “a process of renewable democratic consent” for the Stormont Assembly on its relationship with the EU going forward.

He also referred to the use of technological solutions to ensure there was no hard border on the island of Ireland.

He said he did not want a deal to be out of reach “because of what is essentially a technical discussion of the exact nature of future customs checks when that technology is improving the whole time”.

Mr Johnson also said he would “protect the existing regulatory arrangements for farmers and other businesses on both sides of the border”.

He added: “At the same time we will allow the UK – whole and entire – to withdraw from the EU, with control of our own trade policy from the start.”

The PM said this would “protect the union”.

Echoing the main slogan of the conference, Mr Johnson said: “Let’s get Brexit done on 31 October…to answer the cry of those 17.4 million who voted for Brexit [and] for those millions who may have voted Remain, but are first and foremost democrats and accept the result of the referendum.”

He said the Tories were “not an anti-European party” and the UK is “not an anti-European country”.

The PM added: “We love Europe. We are European.

“But after 45 years of really dramatic constitutional change, we must have a new relationship with the EU.” https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49906702

Bloomberg ran something suggesting that the EU cannot take Boris Johnson’s deal:

An offer they will have to refuse: Boris Johnson is trying to force the EU into rejecting a Brexit deal

October 2, 2019

The offer, the key elements of which have been leaked to the Daily Telegraph’s Peter Foster, is quite remarkable in that it appears to actually be designed for the EU to reject it.

In summary Johnson’s offer is that:

Northern Ireland temporarily remains aligned to EU trade rules for some agricultural and industrial goods.

But Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK leaves the customs union.

New checks will be imposed at two borders (between Northern Ireland and the Republic, and along the Irish Sea between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.)

Northern Ireland will be exempt from EU VAT rules and custom codes.

After four years Northern Ireland will have the option of cutting off alignment with the EU.

Every element of the plan runs against the EU’s negotiating red lines. …

Rather than being an “offer they can’t refuse,” this is an offer the EU will have no choice but to refuse.

So what is the UK playing at and where will this end up? There are two distinct possibilities.

1. Bouncing the EU into a no-deal Brexit …

2. Setting up the EU to take the blame for a Brexit delay …

Whatever the claims from Johnson that he is determined to leave the EU on October 31 “do or die,” his government has not made enough serious preparation for the UK to leave the EU without a deal at the end of October. Anyone who has travelled through Britain’s ports in recent weeks will have looked in vain for the massive new infrastructure required to cope with the new checks required for a no-deal scenario. And while many businesses are stockpiling for the possibility of their supplies being held up at ports, as Business Insider revealed earlier this year, there is nowhere near the sort of warehousing space required to seriously prepare for a no-deal exit and no time at all to create it.

That means that a no-deal Brexit would be a disastrous outcome, not just for the UK economy, but for the government which chose to put the country through it. https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-trying-to-force-eu-into-rejecting-brexit-deal-2019-10

The Europeans are not happy with Brexit.

And yes, the UK will be affected by a no deal Brexit.

But Brexit will cause economic harm to the EU.

And that is not the only economic risk that the EU is facing. Consider the following:

EU makes appeal to US: let’s avoid another tariff war

October 2, 2019

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union made a last-ditch appeal Wednesday to U.S. President Donald Trump to avoid any tit-for-tat tariff war as the global trade governing body prepares to issue a ruling that could allow him to impose billions in duties on EU produce.

The World Trade Organization said in May last year that Europe illegally subsidized planemaker Airbus, hurting U.S. competitor Boeing. It is due to rule Wednesday how much the Trump administration can seek in compensation in the form of new tariffs against the EU.

The EU products that could be targeted include wine, cheese and olives, which are produced in many countries involved in the Airbus consortium. …

The EU won a similar WTO case accusing the U.S. of illegally subsidizing Boeing, but a ruling allowing possible retaliation is still months off.

“We should avoid imposing tariffs on one another. This would be damaging to our economies, to global trade and the broader aircraft industry,” European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said.

“We are ready to work with (the U.S.) on a fair and balanced solution for our respective aircraft industries. We are still ready and willing to find a fair settlement, but if the U.S. decides to impose authorized countermeasures, the EU will do the same,” she told reporters. The commission, the EU’s powerful executive arm, runs trade negotiations on behalf of the 28 EU member countries.

Trans-Atlantic trade tensions have soared since Trump slapped tariffs on European steel and aluminum last year. … Trump has also threatened to slap duties on European automakers. https://www.apnews.com/0b76171e2ba7446cb348f312a9e48482

So, the EU is facing the prospect of a deal or no-deal Brexit and possibly more tariffs from the USA.

In a recent post, I referred to this as a one-two punch to the EU economy (see Brexit and Donald Trump: The one-two punch to the economy of the EU?).

Donald Trump wants to weaken the EU. He was one of the most known non-UK supporters of Brexit before the UK voted to leave the EU in June of 2016.

Europe does not like him for that, for tariffs, for climate matters, for pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, and many other statements and policies from him.

The Europeans will one day seek vengeance against the USA and the UK. And the time will come when the USA and UK will be no more (cf. Daniel 8:24-25, 11:39; Isaiah 17:3; see also USA in Prophecy: The Strongest Fortresses).

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