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BlueMTexpat

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30. And dang, I wish I had waited

Reply to Violet_Crumble (Reply #9)

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 06:20 AM

Jun 2016

to order books from Amazon UK, they would have cost one heckuva a lot less.

In fact, it looks as if I soon won't be able to order ANYTHING from the UK without paying customs fees here in Switzerland. Right now, Switzerland has bi-lateral trade agreements with the EU that waive customs fees (up to certain amounts) for EU members. It doesn't have the same thing with the US.

The UK will now have to negotiate trade agreements with every country in the world with which it does not already have a separate bi-lateral trade agreement. That is a VERY long process.

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And dang, I wish I had waited BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #30

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