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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by kristianc on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @06:26AM (#18919912)
> One would think that the EU would be in a better position to get better deals than a single country.

One would think, but the EU has been trying and failing to secure any kind of a trade deal with the US, largely due to Europe's instinctive love of protectionism.

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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by hkt on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @06:39AM (#18919970)
protectionism/standards.

Remember, our cheese doesn't come out of a tube, usually.

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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by kristianc on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @07:06AM (#18920113)
If I was French I'd be convinced that our finest Brillat-savarin would outcompete anything that came out of a tube.

I don't think it's a lack of plastic cheese alternatives that has people buying French cheese.

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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by robin_reala on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @06:44AM (#18919998)
I was going to use Primula as a counter-example, but then I remembered it’s Norwegian.
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