From your post of course as that is what you wrote
In this case you got me wrong. I will repeat for you once more: Germany, France, Netherlands, and Ireland receive 25% of Britain’s exports (it means that four countries of the EU receive 25% of the exports, not the EU as a whole).
As long as they dont breach international laws on trade, as in subsidisng an industry to make it's goods cheaper and more favourable compared to other nations goods. And it is a two street in as much as you charge me 10% of the cost in import tax so I charge you 10% or more import tax on your goods. So they put in place their rules and find they are not needed as no one is trading with them anymore. Then they have to lift the rules and start from scratch in a market that is very volatile. The EU has already lost billions in lost trade through the VAG group fiddling the emisions on their diesel engines. Can they afford for one of the big 5 to go bust ?
The EU puts Britain in a place with Turkey in trading terms and that means no one will trade with them anymore? I think you are exaggerating a little bit. Of course you also can place the EU in Turkey’s place. But who will win because of that? My bet is that it is not Britain.
A simple concept that anyone can understand if I sell my apples for 10c and you sell your apples for 12 c I will sell more apples than you. If you subsidise the apple growers so they get more for their apples you introduce an illegal practise and your apples will be banned from the market. This is what the EU did and lost all of its trade so they had to go the other way and ban all subsidise, that is why French farmers became richer than footballers. The only way to make money is to cut your profit margins and work harder. That is why I recieved so many awards when I came up with ways to save £1 a tonne on finished steel. A 1 million ton order meant a saving of £1 million, which became pure profit and an edge over its rivals. Many of the methods are still in my name and cant be used without my permision, so the near east is left with outdated methods and poor quality steel.
I am glad for you. Could you tell me how it has helped the British steel producers? I mean what levels of steel production are now in comparison with say 1990?