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What is a positive impact of the Brexit Trade Deal on the UK (P)
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- A positive impact on trade from the Brexit Trade Deal is that they no longer must pay membership fees to the EU.
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What is a positive example of the Brexit Trade Deal?
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- For example, in 2016, Britain paid £13.1bn to the EU but also received £4.5bn worth of spending. In total it was £8.5bn paid.
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What is the analysis of this Brexit Trade Deal’s positive point (membership fees)?
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- This is a high amount, but the UK is now gaining more money since they’ve left as they don’t have to spend this large amount.
- They can focus it on other things that are more important for the country, such as increasing the budget for NHS or helping people in homelessness, meaning that leaving the EU has had positive implications for the UK.
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What is another positive impact of the Brexit Trade Deal?
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- Another positive impact of the UK leaving the EU is that the UK is now free to make trade deals with other countries such as the USA, India, China, Mongolia and New Zealand.
- This can be very beneficial for the UK as the EU does not have deals with these countries.
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What is the example to support trade deals?
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- For example, in December 2021 the UK signed free trade deals with both New Zealand and Australia, this deal is expected to boost trade by 53%, boost the economy by £2.3 billion and increase wages each year in the long run.
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What is the analysis point of the second positive impact to Brexit Trade deals?
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- This shows that even though the UK has left the EU and does not have access to the single market it once had, not everything is terrible since they can have trade deals with other countries
- This boosts their economy and keeps citizens happy, showing that leaving the European Union has positively affected the UK.
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What is the explain points for immigration/free movement?
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- A positive impact on immigration is that since the UK is no longer a part of the EU, a new system has been brought in where 70 points are needed for you to qualify to live in the UK, this can be things such as speaking English or having a skilled job.
- This will allow the Uk to admit more skilled workers such as engineers or doctors instead of low-skilled workers with limited English fluency.
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What do leave advocates think about ending the system of freedom of movement?
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- Many leave advocates argue that ending the freedom of movement can help make the immigration system fairer as people will be admitted into the UK based on skills, needs of the economy and regardless of their background.
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What is an example of free movement/immigration
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- For example, China and India were the biggest source of foreign workers in the UK during 2019.
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What is the analysis point for free movement/immigration?
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- This shows that the point-based system that has been introduced has not prevented foreign migrants from coming to the UK, and that it is effective in its purpose and that Brexit has affected immigration positively.
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What is the explain point for the negative of immigration/free movement
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- Freedom of immigration can have a negative impact on the economy as it will be more difficult and off-putting to travel and work in professions,
- that have had concerning shortages such as education and medicine as the additional costs may put EU residents from working there.
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What is an example of a negative immigration/free movement?
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- For example, in January 2021, (post-Brexit) the British Medical Journal confirmed there were over 100,000 unfilled jobs in the NHS including 1 out of 8 nursing posts and 1 out of 11 in medicine.
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What is the positive explaination point for sovereignty?
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- A positive impact of leaving the EU is that it allows the UK to take back control of its legislation and regulations without being tied down with the EU making decisions for them
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What’s the positive example of sovereignty?
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- For example, the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy was designed to guarantee profit for farmers and maximize food production.
- This was seen as not necessary by UK Government and it was seen as damaging to the environment and not beneficial to landowners,
- so they passed a new law on December 30th, 2020, which contradicts the law and instead rewards farmers for ‘public goods such as good wildlife, soil quality and water quality.
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Whats a positive analysis point for sovereignty?
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- It has been praised by environmental campaigners and it is better for the UK in the long term than the EU’s previous law.
- This shows the UK having more legislation and power is a good thing as it is seeing benefits for people as the previous laws put in place by the EU were not useful.
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What is the negative impact of the gain of sovereignty?
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- A negative impact is that Britain has benefitted from EU laws which protect human rights such as paid maternity leave and holiday pay, and security in the workplace,
- In the future, there is no guarantee that the UK will keep these EU laws in place, meaning it will endanger individuals if the government eradicates these laws over time.
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What is a negative example of sovereignty?
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- Adding onto this, the UK has already eradicated many EU regulations and laws since they left the EU in 2020 such as enforced immigrant quotas
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What are the analysis negative points of sovereignty?
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- This shows that even though the UK does have sovereignty, and can take over any previous EU law,
- it can be dangerous for many working people as conditions will be different than before and potentially worse with no maternity leave or sick pay.
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What is the overall conclusion of sovereignty?
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- Overall, it has been a majorly good thing that the UK finally has sovereignty back as it has control to make better decisions for the country than the EU could ever do.
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What is the final conclusion?
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- In conclusion, the United Kingdom leaving the European Union has mainly positive implications.
- With trade being boosted from trade deals with Australia and New Zealand, with immigration being more beneficial to the UK as a country, with security being drastically improved with more checks and protecting the country from potential terrorists and the UK having sovereignty, the main outcome of Brexit is positive.
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What is the negative impact of the Brexit Trade Deal?
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- A negative impact on trade of the Brexit Trade Deal is that as border checks have been introduced from the trade deal,
- it has resulted in delays at border crossings and increased paperwork and costs for businesses.
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What is the negative impact of the Brexit Trade Deal? (2)
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- This is because new rules on exporting animal + fish products + there is now a mass number of checks and that whole trailers now need to be checked instead of just samples,
- This has resulted in spoilage + waste of food, which could go to starving people within the UK.
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What is the overall conclusion of the Brexit Trade Deal?
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- Overall, although tariffs have been put in place and there is now more food waste,
- The overall impact is the exit of the EU is positive as it allows the UK to have more open deals with other countries as it could not previously.
- It can boost Britain’s economy and make Britain a better world power.
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What is the negative analysis point for free movement/immigration?
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- This shows that many EU citizens do not want to work in the UK, due to the increase in costs and the harder point system that is in place, showing it might have been a mistake to end free immigration.
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What is the negative impact of the Brexit Trade Deal? (3)
- There are also potential tariffs that could also put off business owners from selling in the UK and selling within the EU, damaging Britain’s economy.
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