A few weeks ago there was an interesting situation where the UK was trying to import PPE from Turkey while manufacturers in the UK were exporting it to the EU.
The government was asked why we were doing this, and rather than admitting that the issue was cost (production costs are lower in Turkey) they said that the PPE produced in the UK for the EU would not meet UK standards.
Well, that PPE that we had to wait ages for, cannot be used as it does not meet UK standards...