Thread: UK & EU Agree Post-Brexit Trade Deal
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Old 14-07-2020, 13:28   #3073
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Re: [Updated] The UK’s future relationship with the EU
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
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Can you be sure of that? If the EU were to see it as weakness on our part, which they would, than we would be gamed. And that's in addition to increased contributions to their budget. On the EU's record so far in the negotiations, why would they change their position in our favour?
Asking for an extension is a sign of strength and confidence in striking a robust deal beneficial to everyone, not of weakness by accepting a bad deal because the clock has run down. As we saw with the ERG's analysis on the withdrawal agreement, too short a length of time works against us.
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