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Originally Posted by Osem
Those countries would then have a great deal of pressure applied by the Germans and other major exporters to the UK to toe the line or face the consequences. Let's not try to pretend the Germans don't effectively run the EU.
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This seems to be another assumption to add the list of many about what would happen to this trade deal. The point is that there is a lot of things that make it clear that a deal that doesn't impact on services is unlikely and since that's our biggest export it shouldn't be ignored.
What is we get a choice between a Canada style deal with products including or we get services but have to accept free movement? Even Germany might be willing to take a hit on some exports if they think they can attract more financial or technology services companies to Frankfurt and Berlin respectively. Services unevenly benefits us.
Anyway to balance out my article spam here is one that talks of the companies that think they'll benefit from leaving. Linking it because it's something Chris mentioned a couple of pages ago:
https://next.ft.com/content/99e022ce...2-006d8d362ba3