Barry Andrews

I think they really want to do the right thing.

They don't want to be overcharged for these things, but they also want to do the right thing.

And that is the essence of responsible consumption.

I'm afraid there is no

So easy way to do this, there is only making sure that we do the right thing in this regard.

That's the way all import duties work.

You know, when you're checking out for the larger retail outlets.

Well, equally, we can't be the only ones holding the de minimis rule.

If the US and the UK have gone that way, it's absolutely essential that we do the same thing.

But ultimately, the digitalization of supply chains means that it's much easier for customs authorities to be able to manage this new situation.

And with 6 billion parcels coming into the European Union,

Every year it's about time we modernised our response to this situation.

The appetite is for to continue doing nothing, essentially, because I mean, I would say that from a Brussels perspective, maybe the European Commission and the EU foreign policy chief do recognise what is happening in Gaza, the West Bank.

There's been quite a lot of announcements, but and there is opportunity for from a legal perspective to do something, but that is being blocked.

So if you look at two of the things that are on the table here.

It's the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, which would be trade sanctions against Israel.

For that to pass, even part of that Israel-EU Association Agreement to pass, requires qualified majority vote, which is 15 out of 27 countries representing 65% of the EU's population.

So in order for that to pass, either Italy...

or Germany have to support it.

And both of those countries have been blocking that for well over a year.