Michael Schmidt Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Michael Schmidt We made a minor change to the story shortly after it went online that said the investigation was in connection with her email use, it didn't really deviate our story much from where we were before. Michael Schmidt politics Many companies anticipated the problems... so they decided to pull forward imports by increasing stocks, lIKE SHOOTING YOURSELF IN THE FOOT. Michael Schmidt In Britain, the picture is different, for many small British firms, Brexit meant losing access to their most important export market... It’s like shooting yourself in the foot. And this explains why German imports from Britain are in free-fall now. Michael Schmidt More and more small and medium-sized companies are ceasing to trade (in Britain) because of these (Brexit-related) hurdles. Michael Schmidt Many small companies simply can’t afford the extra burden of keeping up to date and complying with all the kicked-in customs rules such as health certificates for cheese and other fresh products. Michael Schmidt