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As Holger Hestermeyer explains here, it is misleading to say that WTO law provides the rules for up to 98% of world trade.

Next claim: The UK is making good progress in replicating some of the UK’s most important preferential agreements.

As far as I know this isn’t entirely true, and the UK hasn’t had that much dialogue with Norway (6th biggest export destination).
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1/ This #Get2KnowWTO campaign is really a new low for the hard brexiters. This has gone from moronic flag-waving to something approaching outright disinformation. NO WTO experts think that WTO is a good option for the UK. NONE. #Brexit #WTO
2/ Claim - 164 countries in the world trade under WTO rules - this is what is known as a 'lie of omission'.
3/ "Six of the EU's top 10 trading partners trade under wto rules including the USA."
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