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More than two thirds of our GDP is not exported. The point about trade deals is you adhere to the rules of that deal whenever you trade with the other party. Canada's domestic businesses that do not export to the EU are not bound by any of the rules you outlined above. Sadly, British firms that deal only domestically must still adhere to whatever EU rules are in force.
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Well not exactly. That would only be for specific products meeting various standards but issues such as the Copyright changes will be applied as law. Equally many of the Trans-Pacific agreement are applied across the board. These are law changes designed to 'help' various businesses/trades in-between the countries. One example cited on that Wiki article is that any signatory nation to the TPP will have to make the breaking of DRM a criminal offense. You can't isolate them off that easily.
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And will you please, please stop producing Norway as evidence. Norway's treaty with the EU was designed to smooth the path to full membership. No serious attempt was made to recognise Norway's status as a non-EU country because those brokering the deal fully expected to take Norway in to the EU in due course. It was a democratic referendum that put paid to that, but sadly due to the high-handedness of their politicians, the Norwegian people are stuck with a deal that is far from brilliant for them. Though it should be noted that for all that, Norwegians still prefer their current status to EU membership.
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Norway is used because, until all the flaws of their arrangement where pointed out, it was used as an example by some of those advocating for Out. But fine I'll stop using it. The other trade deals, the European Convention and those other organisations still show that sovereignty as Out promises is disingenuous and ignores the reality of how the world works now.
The EU is a further ceding of sovereignty in return for benefits you may or may not think are worth it. Voting to leave or remain is not a black and white choice of being sovereign or not either, just the scale of it.