The Falklands have been excluded from the trade agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom

The trade agreement between Britain and the European Union (EU) face Brexi, which will come into force on January 1, left out at Falkland IslandsIn this way, they will lose the perks they used to sell their products to the regional block.

The agreement to finalize Britain’s exit from the EU excluded overseas territories property of the country administered by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, including the islands on which Argentina maintains its claim of sovereignty.

Exclusion implies that the production of the Falklands will lose business advantages for his entry into the EU countries, he will therefore start pay the rates and could have sales restrictions.

Without official acts, Alberto Fernández ratified the Malvinas’ claim on Twitter

This would in particular affect the revenue the island administration has so far derived from fishing licenses granted to foreign vessels, which accounted for around 50% of its annual tax collection.

The exclusion of the Malvinas Islands from the new trade agreement has been raised by Argentina with the authorities of the European Union, so that the country can benefit from a change of strategy concerning the claim of sovereignty over the archipelago.

Last November, the Chancellor Felipe Solá He met the EU representative in Argentina, Aude Maio Coliche, and around 20 ambassadors from the bloc’s member countries, whom he asked not to recognize British sovereignty over the islands in the Brexit negotiations.

Argentina’s goal was precisely that exports from the Malvinas Islands to Europe would not enjoy tariff concessions, which was ultimately achieved with the new agreement.

Argentina’s objective was that exports from the Malvinas to Europe would not have tariff advantages, which was specified in the new agreement.

In his Christmas message to the islanders, Prime Minister Johnson warned that the EU was “absolutely uncompromising in excluding most of the overseas territories from trade talks this year” and made it clear that the islanders “did not been forgotten or neglected. “

“This government is going to support you no matter what. This includes helping you manage the change to come when the post-Brexit transition period ends at the end of this month,” Johnson said.

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