[Spivak]

> wherever is most efficient

This is only true when all actors play by the same rules. Without this requirement the most efficient places to operate are where there are the fewest labor and environmental protections. I would 100% be in favor of eliminating tariffs to countries that meet the same standards but its silly to say that we're better off exploiting not-quite-slave labor.

[mrtksn]

>I would 100% be in favor of eliminating tariffs to countries that meet the same standards

That’s the current situation with the EU. Turns out the UK is not happy with that.

[ralfn]

The British upper class wants the freedom to abuse their lower class more and they sold this nonsense to them with a spiel about sovereignty.

Thank God the Brits have such a taste for irony. They'll be feasting on this one for the better part of a decade.