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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
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.
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That implies no WTO member can make a separate trade deal with any other country.
It also assumes trade deals have not already been brokered elsewhere and just awaiting Brexit to be signed.