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Originally Posted by jfman

I’m somewhat exaggerating, but the prospect of no imminent deals with the USA, China or the EU who account for 56% of world GDP would leave us scraping together deals and certainly in a weakened negotiating position. With Japan, India plus a plethora of countries who account for 2% and aren’t on our doorstep.

I genuinely think the whole strategy is on pause to see what happens in the USA.

Well, that's alright then.

Maybe I'm wrong, but a trade deal with the US, which we don't have now, isn't terribly important other than as an in your face to the EU.

A trade deal with China, well they don't care about Northern Ireland. Anything could happen there. Better though that we start manufacturing our own white goods or whatever.



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Originally Posted by Hugh

I don’t have a problem with Wiki, I just pointed out that Wiki stated the article you linked to possibly contains unsourced predictions, speculative material, or accounts of events that might not occur (their words, not mine).

Speaking of "selective", we were discussing trade deals with the USA, and the impact on these if Biden gets elected, and you post a link that doesn’t mention the USA at all...

I was responding to jfman and nobody else - specifically his point that if Biden wins, we'll have no friends left in the world.

jfman subsequently admitted he was exaggerating but that's how poor argument gets built on.

Your first paragraph is obtuse and worthless.