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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Really? Is that why it took seven years to negotiate a trade deal with Canada and after a full ten years, the US trade deal still hasn't been signed?
Do you guys not understand the dreadful organisation that is the EU and the fact that 90% of future growth over the next two decades will be outside of the EU?
The EU is a lot smaller than the whole world, and the rest of the world is eager to embrace new trade deals, unlike the stagnant and slowly dying EU monolith.
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Trade deals take a long time. Thre fact that the EU has signed many more than any other trading bloc shows it's rather good at it. In fact, a lot of the negotiators are British and have done a cracking job for the UK. Thanks, guys.
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Staying in the EU is the best bet for trade deals and Germany has no problem exporting as part of the EU. Have you heard of divide and conquer? Have you ever negotiated as a small organisation and then as a large one and got a better deal as a small organisation? I certainly haven't.
But as discussed earlier, trade deals as they don't cover services as much as you would like the debate to be about this. We export services and these generally fall outside trade deals
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Finally, desperate and emotional tosh like stagnant and dying monolith don't cut it with those of in the real world. The EU's outperforming us at the moment and will continue to grow. It's a great market for services and it's on our doorstep. I hope for our children's future we don't lose that market.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
None of these are down to the EU, Andrew.
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The country is great despite Mick taking a swipe at it. I've read quite a lot that shows how living standards have improved since we joined the EU enabling us to afford inner city regeneration and the Olympics. The European City of Culture award was a turning point for Liverpool and that's certainly an EU award.