Brexit and WTO

[Old Greg]

In the very unlikely event there are problems with any of this,

Why do you say very unlikely?

it only goes to show the folly of becoming so entangled in the EU in the first place.

Well that will show them!

[Old Greg]

Russia managed to agree entry in 19 years, and the UK is already an individual member so it should take no time at all to reach consensus across all members to reactivate individual membership terms. Probably just some boring stuff like agricultural import quotas, which shouldn't prove contentious.

[BlasterBates]

yup will be a piece of cake,.... a very long piece of cake.

https://www.ft.com/content/5741129a-...f-79eb4891c97d

The speed of the UK being able to trade on WTO terms in its own right will partly depend on political will. Yet even if other governments co-operate and accept London’s proposals, the legal processes and paperwork are likely to take years.

[Old Greg]

yup will be a piece of cake,.... a very long piece of cake.

https://www.ft.com/content/5741129a-...f-79eb4891c97d

Stop talking the economy down, you Enemy of the Folk.

[SueEllen]

Apparently Mr Farage's never said we would leave the single market in his campaigning to leave the EU.

So we could well end up in the EEA if parliament get to scrutinise the bill and have free movement of labour.

[Old Greg]

Apparently Mr Farage's never said we would leave the single market in his campaigning to leave the EU.

So we could well end up in the EEA if parliament get to scrutinise the bill and have free movement of labour.

If the EEA will have us - they might and they mightn't. The EEA is for countries on their way into Europe, not those on their way out. And of course we also need to accept a court base in Strasbourg.

What a mess.

[SueEllen]

If the EEA will have us - they might and they mightn't. The EEA is for countries on their way into Europe, not those on their way out. And of course we also need to accept a court base in Strasbourg.

What a mess.

Agree with you the there.