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Edwin Hayward
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James Brokenshire: "Why would the UK want the EU's trade deals when we can make our own deals?" #marr
How about...
- The EU already has more than 40, covering 70+ countries including Japan
- We can't get better deals than theirs in many cases because of clauses in their deals.
- We have only managed to roll over deals with Chile and the Faroe Islands in the last 2.5 years. In the same period, the EU cemented deals with Japan and Singapore.
- Our bargaining power is much much less than the EU's (smaller market and population)
The EU has over 500 trade negotiators. We have a few dozens.
- Liam Fox
- The EU has dozens of ongoing trade negotiations in progress. The UK will need to spend years and years in negotiations just to get back to status quo. During that time, the EU will sign new trade agreements, widening the gap. Like the Red Queen's race!
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Queen…
- And of course, the biggie: the EU is next door. Everywhere else will *forever* be further away... unless we invent a teleporter.
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