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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
However, even if these figures are correct (although they were probably conjured up by somebody using spurious factors), you shouldn't forget that job losses through departing from the EU with WTO rules would be offset by new trade deals. The rest of the world is far bigger than the EU.
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That's why we have 35 FTAs in place already being part of the EU (OK, Liechtenstein isn't too exciting but South Korea, Switzerland and Norway are) Plus we, as current members of the EU are in the process of implementing another 42, including Canada and South Africa and have finalised another 23.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe...ade_agreements
That's 100 countries we are going to have to renegotiate with before we start with any others