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Old 19-12-2023, 08:08   #5717
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Re: Britain outside the EU
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
What was never explained clearly in the run up to the referendum was that even if we did get full free trade deals with the USA, India and China combined that would not make up for the volume and value of trade we were likely to lose with the EU under most Brexit scenarios, apart from remaining members of the EEA.

To get a trade deal with the USA before the next GE would have been a political boost in the headlines for the Conservatives, but a cold hard look at its worth in terms of trade and GDP would have dampened their Brexit fervour.
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