Brexit: Iain Dale outlines economics benefits to UK
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Iain Dale explained that Britain is reaping “plenty of benefits” from Brexit, despite naysayers. Mr Dale launched into a passionate celebration of UK triumphs out of Brexit after a listener messaged him complaining about Remainers continuing to push anti-Brexit slogans. The listener, who thanked the LBC presenter for providing some “Brexit balance,” said they were fed up with the ‘I told you so’ attitude from Remainers.
The listener added: “I voted for Brexit and I’m proud I did so. I never thought the benefits would be evident quickly.
“It will be ten years before we see the real benefits.”
Mr Dale responded: “There are plenty of Brexit benefits to be had even if we don’t see them evident at the moment.
“I don’t just judge them in economic terms, but if you wanted to look at economic terms, we now have the freedom to do trade deals that the EU has failed to do trade deals with.
“The EU has not done a trade deal with Australia in 40 years. We managed that in a year. The same with New Zealand.”
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He continued: “We have done a better deal with Japan than the EU did – at the margins, I would admit, but still better.
“We have rolled over all of the other deals we had as part of the EU and we are now free to make trade deals than the EU has failed to do.
“If you look at procurement rules, we can now do those ourselves. Competition and state aid, we can now control that. That will be a benefit.
“We can control VAT rates. We have banned the live exports of animals. We weren’t able to do that as a member of the EU.”
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This follows Jacob Rees-Mogg’s recent appointment as Minister for Brexit Opportunities.
Mr Rees-Mogg, a prominent Leave campaigner during the 2016 EU referendum, will now be a full member of the cabinet.
He has promised to use the post to scrap EU regulations.
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A source close to the PM said he had wanted Mr Rees-Mogg to have a “proper economic role” in the cabinet.
Meanwhile, earlier this week, international trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan met with her South Korean counterpart as the UK looks to enhance its post-Brexit trade deal with the country.
Ms Trevelyan wants to expand on the terms that were rolled over from the EU’s trade deal with South Korea.
The UK has already signed close to 100 free trade deals post-Brexit, however, the vast majority of them are rollover deals that are on the same terms as the EU has.
Boris Johnson’s Government is also looking to expand a series of these rollover deals, including ones signed with Mexico and Canada.
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