Response to Tim Martin, founder of Wetherspoons.

We publish here a link to a letter to MPs from Jim Cornelius responding to Tim Martin's claims that the EU is protectionist. 

Cornelius describes himself as "Accidental tariff nerd. Not an expert. I just look stuff up". His Twitter thread covers tariff issues.

You can find more material on tariffs on imports from Africa in this Full Fact briefing. 

Others' assessments of whether the EU should fairly be described as "protectionist": LSE Blog, BBC, Financial Times

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