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Originally Posted by pip08456
German cars, French wine and cheese will ensure a deal is quickly made if we exit the EU.
Those two are the leaders of the EU and cannot afford not to trade with us. Trade with them alone is worth billions to their economies.
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Yup and given the fact that their economies are suffering, the last thing they'll want to do is make that worse by getting into some tit for tat spat with the UK.
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Interesting to hear that world leaders are predicting a shock to the global economy now. I'm sure it will be a bit of a shock but they can all help to mitigate any such problems by getting off their bums and doing something about it by, for example, facilitating new trade deals to take the place of those which went before.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politic...endum-35677385
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Finance ministers from the world's leading economies are warning of a "shock" to the global economy if the UK leaves the EU.
The ministers give their assessment in a statement released at the end of a two-day meeting of G20 nations in China.
UK Chancellor George Osborne, who is at the event, told the BBC the issue was "deadly serious".
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It seems to me that the UK is being 'blackmailed' by people who'd rather we remain subjugated and tethered by EU membership. If they're really interested in the health of the global economy, then they'd do well to take advantage of the UK's exit rather than turning it into a self fulfilling prophecy of doom for reasons best known to themselves. If they're not prepared to do that then what they're wanting effectively is to have their cake and eat it by trying to prevent the UK determining its future.