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POST-BREXIT FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS (FTAs) A Global View.
Here is a map of the world. The countries and territories marked in blue are regarded as having an "advanced economy" according to the IMF.
Not many, are there?
Here is a map of the world. The countries and territories marked in blue are regarded as having an "advanced economy" according to the IMF.
Not many, are there?
The sad fact is that the majority of the world's population simply cannot afford the products & services the UK exports. The countries in blue must be our focus.
However, the EU & US have made it clear there'll be no FTAs if the UK govt doesn't change course. I'll remove them.
However, the EU & US have made it clear there'll be no FTAs if the UK govt doesn't change course. I'll remove them.
That leaves a handful of countries that have advanced economies but aren't the US or in the EU. Unfortunately for the UK, of those that remain, nearly all have existing FTAs with the EU, deals that cannot BY LAW be bettered by subsequent agreements. I'll remove them.
It gets worse. Of the FOUR nations that remain (Israel, Taiwan, Australia & New Zealand), Oz & NZ have made it clear that their 1st priority is a FTA with the EU. Again, like the EU's existing FTAs, there will be a clause stopping us getting a better deal. I'll remove them too.
That's... a lonely map.
I wish people had done their homework. I wish my Brexit-voting family & friends had listened to me instead of Nigel Farage.
I wish a lot of things. Doesn't change the harsh reality though.
This.
Is.
Brexit.
I wish people had done their homework. I wish my Brexit-voting family & friends had listened to me instead of Nigel Farage.
I wish a lot of things. Doesn't change the harsh reality though.
This.
Is.
Brexit.
(Incidentally, there are complex geopolitical issues with working out FTAs with the two countries that remain, Taiwan and Israel. I'm going to pretend that goes without saying.)
