If you're going to look at historical similatiries, the example of post-2014 Russia is an obvious candidate.

In 2014, Russia has responded to some sanctions from EU by introducing its own food embargo: A wide range of foodstuffs could no longer be exported by EU countries to Russia. This became known as a "Jamon and Parmesan" or just "Cheese sanctions". It turns out, that most of foodstuffs are trivial to source or produce locally, the important exception is cheeses.

European cuisine recipes require a wide variety of cheeses in them (Cheddar, Mozarella, Dorblu and especially Parmesan), which are historically produced in specific regions of Europe and nowhere else. Therefore, Russian hospitality business had to go a long way to offer the same portion of ground parmesan for their pasta, including contraband. Sourcing locally is often possible, with hard cheeses being the most problematic ones due to their long production process which is hard to get just right. Fast forward 8 years, there's a large selection of artisanal cheeses in Russia, including some hard cheese, which are still likely come at a significant premium to European ones if you could buy them with reasonable mark-up. There's still no substitute for affordable and reliable ground Parmesan.

So Liz Truss is probably seen claiming that her Britain could survive not just Brexit but a complete blockade of European trade, implicating futility and half-assedness of such attempts if they are tried in practice.

If you're going to look at historical similatiries, the example of post-2014 Russia is an obvious candidate.

In 2014, Russia has responded to some sanctions from EU by introducing its own food embargo: A wide range of foodstuffs could no longer be exported by EU countries to Russia. This became known as a "Jamon and Parmesan" or just "Cheese sanctions". It turns out, that most of foodstuffs are trivial to source or produce locally, the important exception is cheeses.

European cuisine recipes require a wide variety of cheeses in them (Cheddar, Mozzarella, Dorblu and especially Parmesan), which are historically produced in specific regions of Europe and nowhere else. Therefore, Russian hospitality business had to go a long way to offer the same portion of ground parmesan for their pasta, including contraband. Sourcing locally is often possible, with hard cheeses being the most problematic ones due to their long production process which is hard to get just right. Fast forward 8 years, there's a large selection of artisanal cheeses in Russia, including some hard cheese, which are still likely come at a significant premium to European ones if you could buy them with reasonable mark-up. There's still no substitute for affordable and reliable ground Parmesan.

So Liz Truss is probably seen claiming that her Britain could survive not just Brexit but a complete blockade of European trade, implicating futility and half-assedness of such attempts if they are tried in practice.

If you're going to look at historical similatiries, the example of pust-2014 Russia is an obvious candidate.

In 2014, Russia has responded to some sanctions from EU by introducing its own food embargo: A wide range of foodstuffs could no longer be exported by EU countries to Russia. This became known as a "Jamon and Parmesan" or just "Cheese sanctions". It turns out, that most of foodstuffs are trivial to source or produce locally, the important exception is cheeses.

European cuisine recipes require a wide variety of cheeses in them (Cheddar, Mozarella, Dorblu and especially Parmesan), which are historically produced in specific regions of Europe and nowhere else. Therefore, Russian hospitality business had to go a long way to offer the same portion of ground parmesan for their pasta, including contraband. Sourcing locally is often possible, with hard cheeses being the most problematic ones due to their long production process which is hard to get just right. Fast forward 8 years, there's a large selection of artisanal cheeses in Russia, including some hard cheese, which are still likely come at a significant premium to European ones if you could buy them with reasonable mark-up. There's still no substitute for affordable and reliable ground Parmesan.

So Liz Truss is probably seen claiming that her Britain could survive not just Brexit but a complete blockade of European trade, and to the futility and half-assedness of such attempts if they are tried in practice.

If you're going to look at historical similatiries, the example of post-2014 Russia is an obvious candidate.

In 2014, Russia has responded to some sanctions from EU by introducing its own food embargo: A wide range of foodstuffs could no longer be exported by EU countries to Russia. This became known as a "Jamon and Parmesan" or just "Cheese sanctions". It turns out, that most of foodstuffs are trivial to source or produce locally, the important exception is cheeses.

European cuisine recipes require a wide variety of cheeses in them (Cheddar, Mozarella, Dorblu and especially Parmesan), which are historically produced in specific regions of Europe and nowhere else. Therefore, Russian hospitality business had to go a long way to offer the same portion of ground parmesan for their pasta, including contraband. Sourcing locally is often possible, with hard cheeses being the most problematic ones due to their long production process which is hard to get just right. Fast forward 8 years, there's a large selection of artisanal cheeses in Russia, including some hard cheese, which are still likely come at a significant premium to European ones if you could buy them with reasonable mark-up. There's still no substitute for affordable and reliable ground Parmesan.

So Liz Truss is probably seen claiming that her Britain could survive not just Brexit but a complete blockade of European trade, implicating futility and half-assedness of such attempts if they are tried in practice.