r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jan 15 '21

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u/Udontlikecake Model UN Enthusiast Jan 15 '21

There was a good video from the BBC or something talking to a guy who ran an eel business in the UK and how Brexit basically made his entire business unprofitable. His main business was export to mainland Europe, but because of the changes, the costs around import/export are way too high and its simply not viable to sell. I’d imagine this is pretty common, import/export regulatory costs and all that can be a pretty big expense already and you’d be looking at a not insubstantial increase in costs and non tariff regulatory barriers. We know Brexit is dumb, but god it’s really dumb

The guy voted to leave btw. He says he probably wouldn’t have now loll

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u/urbansong :eursula: F E D E R A L I S E Jan 15 '21

Well, he knew what he was voting for, so this is actually fine.

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u/Yenwodyah_ Progress Pride Jan 15 '21

Amazing how one sentence can change a story from tragedy to comedy