[freddybobs]

This. The Uk copied large amounts of EU law verbatim.

That is not a blip due only having recently left. It's due to their main trading partner is the EU and it will remain the EU. To trade with the EU you have to follow EU laws.

I'm afraid the bendy bananas was all FUD. And the "benefit" was chlorinated chickens.

[ThisIsNotNew]

The UK hasn't passed EU laws since Brexit was done Jan 2021 like they did when they were a member. It's just a free trade agreement now. It is up to UK exporters to provide proof of compliance just like Canadian exporters to EU. 42% of total UK exports is to EU, even pre-Brexit it was below 50%.

In 2015 it was still just 44% of total UK exports to EU: https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationa...

[freddybobs]

So the majority of trade was/is/likely to remain with the EU?

Perhaps I should clarify on the EU law point. I made the point that most EU laws were copied, but the trade point was not about laws in the Uk. It's that UK companies will and do voluntarily comply with EU laws. They do that so they can continue to trade with the EU - the Uks largest trading partner. Moreover previously the Uk had a large seat at the table in deciding such EU laws. Now the Uk largely complies either by law or by necessity to trade with laws it doesn't even have a say in.

On bendy bananas, it also turns out...

> EU ‘bendy bananas’ regulation to remain despite Brexit

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-bendy-bana...

Not that this is some huge deal. It's just another (somewhat amusing) data point in a project that doesn't appear to have any significant tangible benefit.

Moreover I'd claim it isn't going to get much better, because how can it? The UK made trade much harder with it's main trading partner.

I don't think that's funny. It's dumb and tragic.