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Originally Posted by ntluser
The EU still has to sell its goods but if not to us to whom will they sell them? No deal is just as bad for them as it is for us. Maybe a rejection of the deal will increase their willingness to renegotiate.
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You sure about that?
UK exports to EU in 2017 - £274b or 44% of all exports
UK imports from EU in 2017 - £341b or 8% of all exports
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Originally Posted by ntluser
Instead of going for a deal with the whole EU, we should have gone for a deal that protects our banking rights and which protects our trading rights with EU countries currently trading with us now. This protects our current trade and frees us from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. Other individual EU countries wanting to trade could set up their own deals in the future.
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I am sure you know individual EU countries can't make their own trade deals being part of a customs union.