Re: Britain outside the EU
"Imminently"…
btw, we already have bilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with nine of the eleven countries (seven were rolled over from the EU agreements), and digital economy agreements with Singapore and Japan.
https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/u...ade-agreement/
Quote:
The International Agreements Committee’s report included a summary of the Government’s own modelling of the economic impact of accession. It said that the estimated increase in UK GDP in the long run was 0.08%.
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Apparently, the Windsor Framework had an unintended benefit.
https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https://www....c-bbd661e8b768
Quote:
The closure of the CPTPP deal was assisted by the recent resolution of the row between the UK and EU over customs arrangements for Northern Ireland, British officials confirmed.
In particular, CPTPP members had raised fears that Britain’s threat to rip up the Northern Ireland protocol — now dropped by Sunak — could have set a precedent for future applicant countries to the bloc, notably China.
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Last edited by Hugh; 30-03-2023 at 18:22.
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