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Will British companies get fresh produce after a possible non-contractual Brexit?
Today the deadline for Brexit expires. Now, British grocery stores have started stocking goods ahead of a no-deal exit from the Union.
“Supermarkets and ministers are deeply concerned that people are starting to panic about buying products,” a source told The Sunday Times.
The newspaper writes that several of the largest food chains have been warned by Boris Johnson’s government ministers that they must prepare for a non-contractual Brexit and that this could lead to a shortage of essential products.
– There was a discussion last week where ministers told us to prepare for a non-contractual Brexit. This weekend, the message has been that there will be no agreement, says a high rank within one of the chains to the newspaper.
– Both supermarkets and ministers are deeply concerned that people are starting to panic when buying products. They saw what happened at the beginning of the pandemic when people accumulated toilet paper and they know how fast it can go in the wrong direction.
On Sunday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to hold talks again with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
Without a final deal, Britain will leave the EU internal market and customs union on the New Year through so-called hard Brexit. In that case, it means that economic relations between London and Brussels, for the time being, will follow the more general rules of the WTO, with all kinds of tariffs and quotas.
Boris Johnson on Thursday stated that a non-contractual Brexit is likely to occur.
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