julienlanoo, 11 months ago

@EU_Commission
You are aware, right, New Zeeland is on the other side of the globe ? .

As much as you are probably right on economic benefits - it can't be green ;).
Ya need ships, ya need airtravel/transport.. to get it efficient an viable..

It is an "island" !!! - check in an Atlas, there is clearly lots of water around it, and it is clearly far away...

Don't just stick "Green" on anything ya say, it devaluation the projects that are realy.

Strasbourgdispatch, 11 months ago

@EU_Commission @lightweight what are your hot takes on this?

lothianburn, 11 months ago

@EU_Commission Europe will dine on NZ lamb rather than British Lamb.

wlavallee, 11 months ago

@EU_Commission

https://wlavallee.substack.com/p/usuk-industrial-economic-espionage

BjornToftMadsen, 11 months ago

@EU_Commission that’s the closest the Union Jack will ever get to free trade with the EU again.

jknodlseder, 11 months ago

@EU_Commission Green growth is a hoax. It’s just growth that will continue to destroy the habitability of our planet, #Europe included.

kel, 11 months ago

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elshid, 11 months ago

@kel
@EU_Commission In theory, we could do sustainable trade with whomever we want. All we need are armadas of sailing ships. Unfortunately, that won't happen.

kel, 11 months ago

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elshid, 11 months ago

@kel
@EU_Commission I just made a very brief research on cargo sailing vessels. Apparently, there are indeed some companies that are building or developing new sailing ships, e.g., the Fenix Class of TOWT (France) (in development), the Neoliner by NEOLINE (France) (under construction) and Sail Cargos Vega and Caiba (in service), amongst many others.

So, hopefully, this glorious sailing cargo fleet will come!

MarioTorre, 11 months ago

@EU_Commission It should also facilitate migration across the two, not just services and data. This should be a goal for any “trade” agreement. Btw, for anyone wondering, this is the gist of the agreement: https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/news/key-elements-eu-new-zealand-trade-agreement-2022-06-30_en

kraehenhuegel, 11 months ago

@EU_Commission

"This #trade deal will bring us even closer together."

So close that kiwis will soon be considered climate-neutral, regional products, I guess.