You've not answered my point:What did you expect the EU to do when our government ministers were trying. to convince the UK electorate that we could have everything we wanted outside the EU it was going to be the easiest deal in the world.
If Scotland or Northern Ireland were to leave the union would you want them to have all the benefits of being members of the UK without paying a penny in tax?
Why didn't the EU negotiate a free trade deal in good faith, so their citizens wouldn't have to pay import duties/tax on UK goods?