[jlokier]

> The lack of red tape would also allow the UK...

The irony being that red tape has gone way up due to Brexit, not down, and this was obviously going to happen to anyone with even small amounts of experience with international trade.

Things have become so much more expensive and difficult that some businesses are shutting down due to non-viability, some EU businesses have decided they can no longer ship to the UK (not worth the hassle), and UK businesses have decided they can no longer ship to EU countries.

There was one company I saw recently that now ships products to every country in the world except the UK, because the UK is currently more difficult to deal with than random third countries.