| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Pound hits new low on Brexit nerves | |
| Posted by: | Alan Clark | |
| Date/Time: | 06/07/16 10:42:00 |
| Sorry, that is naïve, optimistic guess work. Here is why: - of course non-EU countries have trade deals with other non-EU countries; duh. But our dependence on low cost products from low cost base countries does not mean that we will get a better trade deal with them when we are outside of the EU - a non-EU business importing to the EU, not just the UK, will not want a Europe HQ outside of the EU; and an HQ in a leased building is about as easy an entity to move as there is - UK companies already sell outside the EU; sales people from UK companies compete in non-EU markets today. You cannot just create a new market. Local buyers in non-EU countries already have sources for what they buy. In many cases from non-UK companies (presumably some are EU companies). Are these non-UK competing companies just going to let the UK sales person walk in and take their business? - have you any idea how hard it is to break into a new market - either a new sector or a new region? Have you ever tried this or been part of this? It takes serious planning, significant investment and a lot of time. Few companies manage to do this without a radical new product to offer. I am disgusted that people voted to leave the EU because they were so ill-informed that they thought the UK would succeed on its own because "we are British"; "we can just export elsewhere", "we can build new factories". Idiots. |