I believe most of it is supposed to be about speeding up trade deals as
it is well known EU trade deals take quite a long time, but I remember
something from an article about 3 months back or so mentioning that
their foreign office has been in contact with 70 or so countries about
trade deals, so it will be interesting to see what happens. Their angle
is 'freer free trade', so dropping tariffs etc in place of faster deals
with countries etc
How about you track down that article, then, if you're so apparently lacking in this information
I'm definitely not accepting 'everybody' as an answer. I'm looking for specifics examples of the UK actually planning ahead for trade deals outside of the EU. I want to know who and I want to know what. I'm after information, you're ostensibly a major supporter of this whole Brexit thing, haven't you got sources and articles and news stories and commentators and pundits and things that have information for me to look over?
Really? Not even the faintest idea? I'm finding that a little bit curious, seeing as you are FP's most consistent Brexit supporter. Surely you have some notion of what they're hoping to gain through this? Some news source the leadership talked to? Interviews? Articles? Youtube videos? Twitter posts? Weren't you one of the first major advocates on this forum? Don't you remember what you were initially advocating for when the campaign was going on? What initially drew you to the cause? I'm almost positive there were arguments regarding things like Britain's sovereignty and autonomy in the larger world. Have you any information for me to look over at all? I mean you pulled that Reuters article up and there's the one referenced earlier so you must obviously have something
What specifically is it you mean by 'non-European soft power'?
Questions like who are what will literally never lose their point. I'd argue they're even more important in today's globalized world. This just comes off as trying to dodge the questions
If you're going to insist on bringing it up again, I think I need to ask what on Earth do you mean by 'couldn't even get a concession of migrant numbers'?
Lucky I could find it. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-trade-deals-70-countries-cliff-edge-international-trade-government-warn-a8242991.html
I read everything on the fly, so I'm not bookmarking any articles. But once again, outside of the link I posted above, the UK government has kept everything pretty quiet on who exactly is first on the list.
As I said above, I read everything on the fly, I don't actively bookmark etc but I read most daily articles surrounding Brexit. We do know they lined up the EU, 5 Eyes countries, India, China etc by the sporadic releases of statements, visits etc, it is quite hard to keep up unless you are actually invested in the topic. On the parts you mentioned about sovereignty, autonomy, I don't know enough to be quite honest to list out individual articles, or pieces of EU legislation to 'prove its nature', but with enough reading into the EU, you view your own opinions on its goals.
Personally I think they will aim for New Zealand and Australia off the bat for quick and easy trade deals to show they are open for business, then China, India, Canada, I don't see them signing one with the US. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-42549541 We know that they are considering joining the TPP, to which they will use either NZ or AU to open the door, and well, with the US out of the picture, TPP countries will most likely allow the UK to enter without much fuss.
I believe EU soft-power is actually quite weak globally, as countries within the EU often have conflicting statements, different agendas etc and people outside of Europe don't see the 'European Union' act as one, signficially downplaying that soft-power. Until the EU more or less becomes a federal state, I believe the individual nations within that union will always exert more soft-power globally than the EU can. With the UK position now, it will be forced to look beyond Europe and with that, I can see their soft-power being exerted more.
The best I can do surrounding import and exports, would be: OEC Exports OEC Imports, however we cannot predict the shift in the future as we do not know the future relationship with the EU or anyone else for that matter.
The concession, so called 'emergency hand brake' was David Cameron's last attempt at the EU to allow the UK to put a temporary slow down on people coming into the UK from the EU, that among some other things was the beginning of Brexit.
Correction:
England will leave, London, wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland will stay.
I think the brexit referendum made it quite clear that the people aren't necessary the best to make these kinds of decisions...
Need I remind you that you live in the (probably only) country that has to actively remind people that it exists because people forget to draw it on world maps. It's not when you get a trade deal it's if you get a trade deal
You are probably one of the most anti democratic people I've ever seen, and you do that whilst acting like you care about the will of the public.
It's so transparent, I could hang it from buildings as a window.
Would Wales or Northern Ireland really stay in the EU?
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