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Wish people would stop saying UK made a mistake in triggering Art. 50 too early. Shows great ignorance of the process
There would have been absolutely no talks with EU before Art. 50. Does anyone think two years of silence would have been politically sustainable? May delayed until the last possible moment
Would it have given the UK time to make up its mind? First the UK has made up its mind. Second, in a negotiation process it is not possible to decide anything without the other side
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Is this by Martin Wolf supposed to be serious?

According to a recent paper from the Centre for European Reform, the UK economy is already some 2.5 per cent smaller than it would have been if Britain had not decided on Brexit.
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Personally I find the solution very satisfactory. Have been saying for 18 months that a customs union is the best solution. But boy how much better if two sides behaved like adults...
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I find this idea of an Asian century completely absurd. And yes, Indian economy exceeded the size of Europe’s four centuries ago but only because everyone lived in misery and there were more people living in misery in India
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So, no the Indian economy did not exceed Europe’s by any measure that would be intersting to anyone except the demographer. Not the economist or the historian
As for the future, it is still the case that the global economy is a triangle with three poles, two of are broadly Western. Add India and Japan, their status is ambiguous as well. It’s an Eurasian, not an Asian world
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