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Old 03-03-2016, 11:41   #736
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re: [Update] The UK votes to leave the EU

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Originally Posted by Kymmy View Post
A hypothetical question.

If Trump won the US Presidency would you rather be in or out of Europe based on that single fact? In other words would you like to try to negotiate trade agreements with a US run by him?

The MiL came up with a Trump win and us leaving the EU so that got me thinking about after leaving negotiations.
Free trade agreements tend to be long-term projects conducted by a government's civil service. The minister who happens to be in charge may have some input but the colour of the government of the day doesn't normally make a whole lot of difference, except where that government is from one extreme or the other. And no, for all his nasty rhetoric, I don't think Trump is quite bad enough to be called an extremist.

The government of the United States makes precisely no difference at all to my views on Brexit.
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