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Britain has already agreed free-trade deals in principle with dozens of non-EU countries - ready to take effect the day after Brexit Day in March 2019, an ex-minister has revealed.
Lord Price, who resigned as an international trade minister in September, said Britain had exchanged letters with 36 countries agreeing to roll-over existing EU free trade agreements after we leave.
He told the Commons International Trade Committee that the department was offering countries three options: to cut and paste existing EU FTAs; an agreement to continue on the same basis until a new deal can be reached, and a brand new FTA.
A small number of countries initially preferred the third option but changed their minds when ministers said they couldn’t start negotiations until March 2019.
Lord Price said: “Everybody I met said what they wanted to do that - and have the current agreement preserved in April 2019”.
His Brexit boost came as leading Brexit-backing businessmen told chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier there was “no way the UK is going to reverse its decision on Brexit”.
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So no protracted trade talks lasting years then as we were confidently predicted by the remoaners. Another myth busted.
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