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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I've seen all that nonsense, but this is put forward by people who don't want to see Britain leave. Look, Article 24 exists, and all that is required is a joint statement of intent about what the EU and the UK wants to achieve from a trade agreement.
Even if there were an objection raised by another country, it would take 2 years at least to go through the legal process, by when we should have a trade agreement.
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You mean people like;
House of Commons Researchers -
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk...-24-explained/
Chap who worked 18 years for the WTO -
https://tradebetablog.wordpress.com/...interim-deals/
Columnist for Bloomberg and former WSJ editor -
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/ar...rade-deal-myth
Lecturer in International Law and a former Australian Trade Negoiator -
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-br...-idUKKCN1PH24V
Professors in International Law and Kings College and Cambridge -
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/clean-brexit-s...-doesnt-exist/
Even if we do trade with the EU under Article XXIV, that only covers goods and not services.
If we just winged it, relying on the slowness of the WTO to enforce, then we are breaking a global trade agreement at a time when we are supposed to be making deals with all of these countries. Not a good look to be seen breaking deals while trying to broker new ones. Doesn't make you look very trustworthy...