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Old 04-02-2019, 22:26   #7318
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Re: Brexit
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
It doesn’t automatically trap us in a customs union forever, but if the backstop as currently conceived is triggered, it does trap us in one until the EU agrees we can leave. Unlike Article 50, under which we have the right to walk away, the backstop within the withdrawal agreement surrenders that right.
No sovereign nation can be trapped in such a way. We can leave by resorting to the Vienna Convention on International Treaties.
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