The deal – which will grant EU fishers access to British waters for an additional 12 years – will remove checks on a significant number of food products as well as a deeper defence partnership and agreements on carbon taxes.

The UK said the deal would make “food cheaper, slash red tape, open up access to the EU market”. But the trade-off for the deal was fishing access and rights for an additional 12 years – more than the UK had offered – which is likely to lead to cries of betrayal from the industry.

The two sides will also begin talks for a “youth experience scheme”, first reported in the Guardian, which could allow young people to work and travel freely in Europe again and mirror existing schemes the UK has with countries such as Australia and New Zealand.

The government said it would put £360m of modernisation support back into coastal communities as part of the deal, a tacit acknowledgment of the concession.

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    also on items we sell to ourselves

    You’re claiming that the deal with the EU contains clauses which obligate the UK to use the EU’s rules for food sold domestically in the UK?

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        Central to the agreement is the new agrifoods deal, known as an SPS agreement, which removes red tape on food and drink exports, removing some routine checks on animal and plant products completely. In return, the UK will accept some dynamic alignment on EU food standards and a role for the European court of justice in policing the deal.

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            Yes it dose just not in ELI5 language.

            Alignment of on EU food standards clearly states our own standards must match the EUs.

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              Yes it dose just not in ELI5 language.

              I think you’re confusing “ELI5 language” and “clear, unambiguous language”.

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                Yet you fail to provide a clear unambiguous interpretation on what else alignment of food standards means.

                Or exactly how it is even possible for our food standards to meet the EUs. Without it requiring domestic sales to meet those same standards.

                You are asking for ambiguity in something you alone seem able to miss interpret. The rest of the Brexit crowd are not seeing this as a win for them. Just you.

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                    You are asking for ambiguity
                    

                    Eh

                    Yeah bad wording on my part. Sorry I’m working on multiple things ATM.

                    I ment you are seeing ambiguity that is not there.

                    As I explained else where. The rest of the media and even fararge in another news article last night. Seems to disagree that this deal meets any Brexit claim.

                    They see no abniguity in this meaning all UK food production domestic and export. Must continue meet EU equive standards to ensure less documentation is needed.

                    It has after all been the crux of the UK EU trade issue from day one.

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        I can’t see any mention of domestic sales, could you quote the part you’re referring to?

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          Reread.

          Alignment of UK food standards. Means our own standards must continue to meet the EUs.

          This is the only reason the EU will ever accept removal of documentation confirming the standards followed in food it will eat.

          And exactly what remainers claimed about EU trade throughout the ref.

          It is also the exact reason the US trade deals keep failing. Their food standards do not meet ours. So importing US food into the UK would mean deals like this. Where our food standards must align are impossible.

          It really is not that complex. If your standards don’t meet those of the folks your selling to. Your companies are required to proove the items sold meet their standards not yours. Hence all the last 4 years of difficulties selling to the EU. Has been created by brexiters insisting we should not follow EU aligned standards. Creating the same mountains of paperwork any nation with differing standards face selling to the EU.

          The same reason the US wants us to accept chlorinated chicken. So they do not have to proove all their chicken is kept to the same standards we currently require.

          They can sell chicken to us now if they are willing to breed it as we do and provide evidence at each import that they did so. Just like we are with the EU now.

          But a trade deal giving them simple trade would require alignment between our rules.

          All those ISO EN and CE standards you see on electronics and toys. Are the same thing for non food standards. If China wants to sell crap to the UK they need that documention. Of course it’s up to the UK to enforce those standards. Hence why non aligned crap gets in. But food tends to be closer watched.

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            Alignment of UK food standards.

            Doesn’t contain the words “domestic sales” and is ambiguous and open to interpretation.

            Means our own standards must continue to meet the EUs.

            I couldn’t find any explanation of what this means, or the text of the agreement. How have you determined that “standards” relate to domestic sales?

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              Your need for an ELI5 is not my issue.

              It’s not a confusion. Our standards are what we require folks to sell food in the UK. If our standards and the EU are aligned. You have to be pretty fucking stupid to keep insisting that dose not relate to domestic sales.

              What the fuck else do you think standards aligned actually means.

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                You have to be pretty fucking stupid to keep insisting that dose not relate to domestic sales.

                I haven’t insisted that.

                What the fuck else do you think standards aligned actually means.

                I’m not making any claim about what it means, you are. It’s on you to show that what you’re saying is true.

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                  Yes I am. Based on a whole history of treaty talks since Brexit where the whole topic was based on trading standards and how alignment was why we could not join the customs union.

                  Expecting a fucking news article to teach you the topics you seem to have missed. Is expecting ELI5

                  And you you did suggest a meaning, when you openly interpreted the article as a good benefit of Brexit. And stated that it said nothing about domestic food standards.

                  You were specifically claiming we had some form of double standard that applies to food we export and food we don’t.

                  Nothing in the article claims that. And I can assure you we as a nation do not. So you invested that meaning to make your rather pathetic point about the deal matching some Brexit benefit.

                  I made a very clear pretty close to ELI5 maybe 10. Of why I and the other poster was able to interpret the “aligned to EU standards” as relating to domestic sales. Based entirely on facts differing news have covered in detail while May and Bojo were negotiating.

                  Your failure to understand such simple points. Is likely why you voted Brexit.

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                    And you you did suggest a meaning, when you openly interpreted the article as a good benefit of Brexit.

                    I initially interpreted the article differently to you but I didn’t make any explicit suggestion of what “dynamic alignment on EU food standards” means. You did and continue to.

                    So you invested that meaning to make your rather pathetic point about the deal matching some Brexit benefit.

                    I don’t even understand what you’re claiming here. I haven’t made any point about the deal “matching” some brexit benefit, whatever that means.

                    I made a very clear pretty close to ELI5 maybe 10.

                    I’m not asking for you to explain anything. I’m expecting you to back up what you’re saying with references to information elsewhere. This is how rigorous debate and communication works. This is basic stuff. If you can’t back up what you’re saying then don’t bother saying anything, you’re just making noise.

                    Unless you have some source which clearly states that “dynamic alignment on EU food standards” relates to domestic sales then to me, what you’re saying is just an unverified guess. An opinion. Of no value. Noise.