The Brexit effect on HiFi?

[CageyH]

It is up to you to renegotiate if that happens.
However, if you have a low rate, then you are laughing. You know your monthly costs don't change much.

[paulf-2007]

No question about it. If we tax them they'll tax us. It's all swings and roundabouts this economics malarkey. If euro is strong against sterling that would be offset to some extent though.

so it's the common man that suffers wherever they are, no change there then.

[Marco]

What concerns me more is not the effect of Brexit on hi-fi, but importing wine from France and Italy!

We're going on holiday to Italy this year, taking the car with us, through France and Switzerland, and always bring back a shed-load of food and wine (which has normally been much cheaper over there, than in the UK), so after Brexit, how much more expensive will it be...?

One thing we're doing, to save some hassle, is Del's going to apply for a German passport, which she should get, as her dad was German. I've already got an Italian one, and if we both have non-British passports (as well as of course our British ones), then it should make things easier for us traveling around the EU

Marco.

[dave2010]

One thing we're doing, to save some hassle, is Del's going to apply for a German passport, which she should get, as her dad was German. I've already got an Italian one, and if we both have non-British passports (as well as of course our British ones), then it should make things easier for us traveling around Europe

Marco.

Lucky you two! This used to work for Brits living in the USA - have a US passport and a UK one - but I'm not sure if it causes hiccups now with the "need" to show a passport to the airlines at either end. As I recall, strictly speaking the USA requires other passports to be surrendered (or am I wrong ....?), so that the US officials might get a bit officious if they found people had more than one passport.

I don't think the UK insists on this rule.

The thinking about having two passports was that it would speed up progress through immigration at either end - providing one remembered which one to use.

Doesn't help much for wine or other alcoholic drinks these days, as can't really take much by air now.

[StanleyB]

Out of interest, has anybody thought about the implications of Brexit on their HiFi?
Once the Brexit deadline passes, and after the adjustment period EU law will no longer be applicable in the U.K., as British law will stand. Does that also mean that the use of European standard plugs will not be allowed? They won’t me British regulations, so will your HiFi sound worse as you are “obliged” to change your plugs back to BS approved plugs.

In the UK even the HiFi stuff has UK plugs, not the mainland EU type. The UK plug is actually superior to the general EU type.

[Edward]

Electrical safety regs are unlikely to change, the EU laws are already duplicated in English law anyway.


Import tariffs are a different matter, anything made in Europe and shipped here might have duty on it in the future. Should make British built kit look more competitively priced in its home market though and encourage more British based manufacturing so every cloud has a silver lining.

Will the UK be obliged to impose import duties on EU exports to the UK? If so under what rules?

I understand that UK exports to the EU, in the event of a 'no deal', may have duties imposed by the EU.

I also understand, under WTO rules, that if we choose to impose duties on anything then we have to apply the same duties regardless of origin. But it is a choice that the UK has to make items more expensive for UK consumers (for example to protect weak or sensitive sectors).

[Macca]

Will the UK be obliged to impose import duties on EU exports to the UK?
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As I understand it there's no obligation for a host country to charge duty on anything. Even if there were you could get round it by just not enforcing it.

[walpurgis]

I wonder if we can look forward to electronics imports that are properly designed to work at a real 240 volts. Fat chance I expect!

[CageyH]

In the UK even the HiFi stuff has UK plugs, not the mainland EU type. The UK plug is actually superior to the general EU type.

In what way is it superior?

[willbewill]

In what way is it superior?

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