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Originally Posted by nomadking
Then how does the EU impose it's own restrictions at the moment? Effectively we currently give "special treatment" to certain countries ie the EU, so how is that allowed?
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So, we are currently part of the EU which is a WTO member. When we leave the EU, we become a WTO member in our own right.
If we leave the EU without a deal (aka "clean break", "hard Brexit") then we trade on WTO terms and have to treat every WTO member the same hence talk of delays.